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SAT Reasoning Common Words
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logic-and-reasoning
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. To support or strengthen; to prop up
intransigence
indigent
inept
bolster
2. The highest class of society; the nobility
tax
aristocracy
impugn
altruistic
3. Open resistance; bold disobedience
orthodox
defiance
enumerate
virtuous
4. An earlier event that is regarded as an example or model to be followed in the future
precedent
tact
recollect
table
5. A result or effect of an action or condition
disposition
consequence
squalid
egotism
6. To make sure or demonstrate that (something) is true or accurate; to confirm
reiterate
verify
imposing
divergent
7. A refusal or unwillingness to change one's views or to agree about something; stubbornness
provincial
prestigious
magnitude
intransigence
8. An indirect reference
rebut
dispel
allusion
vigor
9. Becoming less advanced; returning to a former or less developed state
regressive
jocular
stereotype
averse
10. Acting with care and thought for the future; wise
neglect
modest
prudent
insolent
11. Having an ability to deal with people in a sensitive and effective way; tactful
deceive
intimidate
diplomatic
awed
12. A detailed analysis and assessment of something
vigor
incredulous
critique
impetuous
13. To describe (something) as admirable - especially undeservedly; to glamorize
unqualified
unwieldy
glorify
deride
14. Related to language or linguistics (the study of language)
whimsy
vacillate
uncharacteristic
linguistic
15. To continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty or with little or no prospect of success; to persist
compel
vacuous
persevere
economic
16. Written or spoken language in its ordinary form; the opposite of poetry
perplex
hypothesize
laconic
prose
17. Causing great public interest and excitement; shocking
agitate
sensational
bombast
contempt
18. Asserting one's will over another in an arrogant way; overbearing
embellish
prosaic
domineering
elude
19. A lack of interest - enthusiasm - or concern; indifference
apathy
humanitarian
perpetual
conciliate
20. A person's natural tendency to act in a particular way
inclination
conception
versatile
corroborate
21. A report or description of an event or experience
tenacity
hierarchy
account
ostentatious
22. Humorous or playful; fond of joking
testify
proliferate
malice
jocular
23. A lack of variety; tedium
confident
meticulous
monotony
stimulate
24. A sign or warning that something momentous or calamitous is likely to happen; an omen
portent
rhetoric
discreet
subvert
25. Sharp or penetrating
keen
sensationalism
advocacy
skirt
26. Kind and friendly toward a younger or less experienced person
multifarious
demeanor
methodology
avuncular
27. To leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing; to deviate
unforeseen
digress
intuition
viscous
28. Illogical; unintelligible
aesthetics
incoherent
embellish
sparse
29. Bad-tempered - argumentative - and uncooperative; grumpy
derive
unforeseen
irreproachable
cantankerous
30. Involved with others in an illegal activity or wrongdoing
prolific
complicit
denounce
nostalgia
31. Strong and healthy; vigorous
substantiate
erudite
populace
robust
32. Extremely complex and difficult to follow
terminate
convoluted
rhetorical question
presume
33. Instinctive; easy to use and understand
proceed
pugnacious
defuse
intuitive
34. Something that is based on another source
systemic
heterogeneous
derivative
tyranny
35. A feeling that something bad will happen; fearful apprehension
oblivion
egotism
foreboding
spare
36. Better; higher-ranking
obsolete
superior
commemorate
eclectic
37. To overwhelm (someone) with things to be dealt with; to besiege
inundate
mendacious
squalid
insight
38. To dispute the truth - validity - or honesty of (a statement or motive); to call into question
impugn
synthesis
contempt
grievous
39. Not easily convinced; dubious
foreshadow
humanitarian
skeptical
anonymous
40. Persistence; determination
tenacity
unwieldy
mercurial
unpretentious
41. Done at random or without careful judgment; haphazard
indiscriminate
pundit
grating
unsubstantiated
42. Behaving as though one thinks one is superior to others; arrogant
flaunt
supercilious
constitute
coherent
43. Careful consideration
constitute
deliberation
deliberate
credulity
44. Unconditional; without reservation or limitation
reiterate
unqualified
symbolism
deliberate
45. Contemptuous ridicule or mockery
intuitive
derision
articulate
deprecate
46. Collusion; connivance
profundity
complicity
deride
naïve
47. A person's inherent qualities of mind and character; temperament
complicit
revoke
disposition
tangential
48. Relevant; applicable
perseverance
ideal
alacrity
pertinent
49. Having refined taste or good judgment; discerning
reprehensible
discriminating
corroborate
incredulous
50. A person who originates an artistic - political - or intellectual movement
invulnerable
bombast
progenitor
expeditious