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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 rise in value or price
sentiment
appreciate
conscientious
terminate
2. Done with speed and efficiency
capricious
acquisitive
expeditious
altruism
3. Amazed; astonished
complaint
urban
skepticism
awed
4. Skillfulness; mastery
tyranny
enthralling
virtuosity
egotism
5. Not able to be controlled or restrained
legitimate
irrepressible
borne
allege
6. To arouse the curiosity or interest of; to fascinate
wield
intrigue
quarrelsome
moderate
7. Stated or appearing to be true - but not necessarily so; purported
ostensible
insure
cosmopolitan
humility
8. Perfect; most suitable
ideal
worldly
legitimate
keen
9. To express contempt for; to ridicule
forgo
deride
portentous
precursor
10. A person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions
iconoclast
plausible
tact
testify
11. Absolute; unqualified
itinerant
fabrication
unmitigated
zeal
12. To insult or belittle; to trivialize - ridicule - or mock
defy
unsolicited
unpalatable
disparage
13. Arrogantly superior and disdainful; conceited
squalid
haughty
contrived
arduous
14. To claim or prove that (evidence or an accusation) is false; to deny
rebut
prescient
intimacy
synthesize
15. Of little value or importance
trivial
opportune
enthralling
pundit
16. Optimistic; certain
solemnize
repudiate
innovative
confident
17. Having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition; dispassionate
phlegmatic
wield
heresy
fallacy
18. Theoretical; existing as an idea but not having a physical existence
vibrant
abstract
perpetuate
inclined
19. Formal and dignified; not cheerful or smiling
humane
borne
solemn
deprecate
20. Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
diligent
hypothesis
insubstantial
imperious
21. Unwilling to believe something; skeptical
discrete
utterly
flag
incredulous
22. To make (a disease or its symptoms) less severe or unpleasant without removing the cause
perceptive
pervasive
rhetoric
palliate
23. Understood by only a small number of people with specialized knowledge; obscure
esoteric
indignant
characterize
lay
24. Sumptuously rich - elaborate - or luxurious
lavish
fervent
diverse
receptive
25. To fondly talk or write about events remembered from the past
reminisce
conception
facetious
revelation
26. To read thoroughly and carefully
hyperbole
peruse
contrived
trenchant
27. Downplayed; minimized
preoccupied
understated
prohibitive
multifarious
28. More important than anything else; supreme
criticize
paramount
equivocate
foresee
29. To make (someone) feel annoyed - frustrated - or worried - especially with trivial matters
respectively
cynic
vex
arbitrary
30. Severe or intense; sharp
acute
philanthropist
idealize
exacerbate
31. No longer produced or used; outdated
prose
malicious
illuminate
obsolete
32. An intense but short-lived passion or admiration for (something)
convention
infatuation
conception
rigors
33. Easily persuaded to believe something; naïve
pragmatic
gullible
incessant
lucid
34. To cause (someone) to believe something that is not true; to trick
evoke
testimonial
humility
deceive
35. Complete; all-inclusive
comprehensive
ornate
pathetic
scrutinize
36. Implied but not plainly expressed
ingenuous
tyrant
implicit
placid
37. Excessively complicated administrative procedures; red tape
bureaucracy
injudicious
lay
mercurial
38. Based on observation and experience rather than theory or pure logic; evidence-based
antiquated
empirical
supersede
implication
39. A project or undertaking - typically one that is difficult or requires effort; an endeavor
dispassionate
amalgamate
enterprise
intimacy
40. Giving a broad subjective picture or general idea rather than an exact - systematic description
deliberate
impressionistic
commend
futile
41. Expressed clearly; easy to understand
persevere
indignant
lucid
tranquil
42. Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something; equivocal
self-deprecating
consequential
principle
ambivalent
43. Modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence; timorous
pugnacious
diffident
solemn
deceit
44. Hard to control or deal with
hackneyed
intractable
criticize
consequence
45. To cite or appeal to (someone or something) as an authority for an action or in support of an argument
invoke
cohesive
callous
intemperance
46. The ability to understand something immediately - without the need for conscious reasoning; instinct
dialect
intuition
disinclined
analogous
47. Appropriate or suitable in the circumstances
sensational
vibrant
naïve
apt
48. Exuberantly plentiful; abundant
profuse
principle
consensus
analogy
49. To raise doubts or objections; to show reluctance
demur
callous
table
appeal
50. Beyond criticism; faultless
prestige
laud
irreproachable
preeminent