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SAT Reasoning Common Words
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1. To make (something) seem less important - significant - or complex than it really is; to minimize
trivialize
conscientious
implication
divergent
2. An object or space used to contain or receive something
prosaic
receptacle
resilient
oblivious
3. Illogical; unintelligible
lament
vivid
revoke
incoherent
4. To make (someone) less angry or hostile; to pacify
colleague
obsolete
articulate
placate
5. Related to the philosophy of determinism
deterministic
multifarious
avuncular
rebut
6. To satisfy (a desire or an appetite) to the full
enigma
pragmatic
analogy
sate
7. To spread or disperse (something - especially information) widely; to promulgate
rousing
robust
disseminate
defiance
8. To mention (a number of things) one by one; to list
concede
eminent
enumerate
recount
9. To formally agree that - for a fee - a company will pay compensation in the case of harm or loss
insure
arduous
frank
diligent
10. A person who held a job or office before the current holder; forerunner
partisan
predecessor
antagonism
expedite
11. The confidence - enthusiasm - and discipline of a person or group at a particular time; self-esteem
emphatic
fanciful
viscous
morale
12. Absolute; unqualified
incisive
contempt
unmitigated
aesthete
13. To accept and allow bad behavior to continue
tacit
foresee
reconstitute
condone
14. Playfully quaint or fanciful - especially in an appealing and amusing way
deception
icon
pursue
whimsical
15. Impossible to deny or disprove; incontrovertible
figurative
palliate
irrefutable
incessant
16. Overimaginative and unrealistic; far-fetched
fanciful
frank
concession
awe
17. More important than anything else; supreme
penchant
illusionist
passive
paramount
18. Lacking comfort or luxury; austere
spartan
prescriptive
terminate
unequivocal
19. Anxious or fearful
apprehensive
reiterate
euphemism
grounded
20. Fit for a monarch - especially in being magnificent or dignified
regal
culpable
chicanery
supplant
21. Standing out and clearly visible; attracting attention
edify
morale
tangential
conspicuous
22. A factual written account of important or historical events
notorious
compunction
chronicle
expansive
23. Prompted by feelings of tenderness - sadness - or nostalgia
scorn
sentimental
imperceptible
acumen
24. To irritate or annoy to an extreme degree; to infuriate
aesthetic
commemorate
deride
exasperate
25. To capture the fascinated attention of; to captivate
susceptible
provoke
enthrall
provincialism
26. To cause (an undesirable event) to happen suddenly - unexpectedly - or prematurely
infatuation
discriminating
precipitate
epitomize
27. Famous or well known - typically for some bad quality or deed; infamous
notorious
digress
penitent
whimsical
28. Definite and clear; vehement
aristocrat
shrewd
table
emphatic
29. Difficult to understand; obscure
hypothesize
regress
disillusioned
abstruse
30. An extensive fire that destroys a great deal of land or property; an inferno
conflagration
undaunted
censor
unprovoked
31. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
compliant
metaphor
folly
unfounded
32. Required; compulsory
impose
profuse
moderate
mandatory
33. Liable to unreasonable changes of mood; volatile
temperamental
capricious
sensationalism
paramount
34. A deep-seated feeling of dislike; aversion
discrete
skepticism
antipathy
scrutiny
35. To give a satisfactory explanation for (something)
humane
acumen
contend
account for
36. A speech or piece of writing that praises someone highly - typically someone who has just died
eulogy
forebear
forgo
criticize
37. Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something; equivocal
inimical
morale
ambivalent
appointed
38. The state of being subject to death
demeanor
mortality
daunting
empirical
39. Having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition; dispassionate
phlegmatic
deter
indelible
exhaust
40. Freedom from external control or influence; independence
auditory
lamentable
acquire
autonomy
41. An inability to deal with or understand something complicated or unaccountable
perplexity
aesthetics
enterprise
systematic
42. To insult or belittle; to trivialize - ridicule - or mock
acquisitive
disseminate
disparage
multifarious
43. To assume
presume
ambivalent
idealize
dilettante
44. A person who exploits circumstances to gain immediate advantage rather than being guided by consistent principles or plans
testimony
illegitimate
to be resigned
opportunist
45. Not ruled or controlled by others
allusion
insubordinate
irascible
autonomous
46. A bad public opinion; disgrace
heterogeneous
disrepute
rigidity
parody
47. To make use of
employ
borne
reminisce
condemn
48. Physical strength and good health; effort - energy - and enthusiasm
presumptuous
radical
vigor
consummate
49. Carried or supported
lackadaisical
barrage
sap
borne
50. Adroitness and sensitivity in dealing with others or with difficult issues; diplomacy
illusion
lamentable
simile
tact
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