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SAT Reasoning Common Words
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logic-and-reasoning
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1. To express complete disapproval of; to criticize
resilient
condemn
foresight
cynic
2. To diminish in value over a period of time
unpretentious
intimidate
discern
depreciate
3. Understood or implied without being stated
brevity
tacit
regal
equanimity
4. Falsification; lie
discerning
keen
trivial
fabrication
5. To bring to mind
moribund
utterly
contention
evoke
6. The feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration - worthless - or deserving scorn; disdain
contempt
bounty
humanitarian
momentous
7. Given a great deal of respect - especially because of age - wisdom - or character
advocate
magnanimous
invoke
venerable
8. To give special importance to (something); to stress
emphasize
complicit
irrepressible
debunk
9. Reasonable; logical
circumscribe
acquire
ensure
rational
10. Self-confidence or assurance - especially when in a demanding situation; poise
duplicitous
satirize
aplomb
fallacy
11. Overimaginative and unrealistic; far-fetched
fanciful
provoke
counterintuitive
hypothetical
12. Extremely complex and difficult to follow
convoluted
foresee
humanitarian
glorify
13. Producing many works
flagging
imperious
prolific
moderation
14. To turn into bone or bony tissue; to become rigid or inflexible
plausible
ossify
ingenious
sparse
15. A feature regarded as a characteristic part of something; a trait
evocative
attribute
trivial
insatiable
16. An incorrect understanding
misconception
credulity
perfidy
anomaly
17. Able to recover or spring back quickly after being bent or compressed - or after difficult conditions
resilient
circumspect
stark
apprehensive
18. Something that exists only as an idea
abstraction
judicious
disinclined
subtle
19. The process of making something homogeneous
parody
homogenization
solicit
tenacity
20. To express contempt for; to ridicule
eulogy
longevity
resurgent
deride
21. Tending to be different or develop in different directions
exemplar
renown
divergent
antipathy
22. Showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously; disdainful
lugubrious
adverse
pathetic
irreverent
23. To make (something) seem less important - significant - or complex than it really is; to minimize
trivialize
dialect
agitate
mischaracterize
24. A large difference
defiance
subdue
supplant
disparity
25. To follow (someone or something); to seek to attain or accomplish (a goal)
complicity
derivative
pursue
cliche
26. Innocent and unsuspecting; naïve
connoisseur
acuity
inscrutable
ingenuous
27. To cause (someone) to become more alert or active - or excited about something
susceptible
emphatic
stimulate
altruism
28. The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness
jargon
hearsay
apt
integrity
29. To put an end to the validity or operation of (a decree - decision - or promise); to cancel
digress
implication
pertinent
revoke
30. Failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate; brazen
resolute
reproach
presumptuous
enumerate
31. Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening
portent
ominous
diligent
subdued
32. To undermine the power and authority of (an established system or institution); to destabilize
notorious
charisma
subvert
satire
33. Clever or skillful in using the hands or mind
receptacle
adroit
consecrate
complaint
34. Thinly dispersed or scattered; scarce
chicanery
sparse
exhaustive
foreboding
35. Filled a lively energy and excitement; ebullient
aplomb
prose
pervasive
exuberant
36. Done or acting according to a fixed plan or system; methodical
prescriptive
temperamental
systematic
politicize
37. To cause (someone) to become cheerful or confident; to encourage
buoy
subjective
disseminate
symbolism
38. The use of language that seems to be the opposite of the intended meaning; sarcasm
irony
empathy
proverbial
vicious
39. A substance or thing that increases activity - interest - or enthusiasm
progenitor
fabricate
stimulant
partisan
40. Complaining in a petulant or whining manner; peevish
commendable
lay
querulous
forebear
41. An impression of a manner given by someone; an appearance
principal
lay
air
personify
42. Downplayed; minimized
punctilious
unpretentious
homogeneous
understated
43. To fondly talk or write about events remembered from the past
whim
reminisce
autonomy
unsolicited
44. Incapable of making mistakes; unfailing
infallible
cacophony
corroborate
foreboding
45. Unsophisticated or narrow-minded; parochial
provincial
adversarial
stratagem
dispassionate
46. Involved with others in an illegal activity or wrongdoing
lackadaisical
complicit
atypical
melancholy
47. Having no comforts or luxuries; harsh or ascetic
sarcasm
infallible
temperamental
austere
48. To succeed in persuading or influencing (someone) to do something
languor
prosaic
unorthodox
induce
49. Beyond criticism; faultless
electorate
irreproachable
cajole
virtuoso
50. To make (a problem - bad situation - or negative feeling) worse
disillusioned
citation
exacerbate
tangential
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