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SAT Reasoning Common Words
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sat
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logic-and-reasoning
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. At risk of suffering physical or emotional attack or harm
levity
urban
credibility
vulnerable
2. Slow to reveal emotion or opinions; reticent
grievous
reserved
ambivalent
causal
3. An activity that diverts the mind from tedious or serious concerns; a distraction
dispassionate
diversion
pedestrian
legitimate
4. Famous or well known - typically for some bad quality or deed; infamous
disparage
conviction
avert
notorious
5. Likely to happen at a future date; concerned with the future
prospective
employ
timid
hackneyed
6. Not interested or involved in politics
apolitical
innocuous
autonomous
mendacious
7. Showing contempt; scornful
reminiscent
innovative
contemptuous
exhaust
8. High-sounding language with little meaning - used to impress people
simile
monotony
bombast
consequential
9. Able to be believed; convincing
diplomatic
vigor
disaffected
credible
10. Open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous
deference
embellish
rhetoric
equivocal
11. Failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate; brazen
connoisseur
stratagem
placate
presumptuous
12. Out of normal character; unusual
diligent
uncharacteristic
superficial
perfidy
13. Not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering facts; unbiased
transient
steadfast
quizzical
objective
14. To express the meaning of (the writer or speaker) using different words - especially to achieve greater clarity; to reword
sympathy
subvert
paraphrase
allege
15. Closeness in space - time - or relationship; nearness
contemptuous
legitimate
pragmatic
proximity
16. To weaken or put into danger; to undermine
candor
extol
compromise
renown
17. To strip (something) of its covering - possessions - or assets; to make bare
disrepute
secluded
implicate
denude
18. Quiet and rather reflective or depressed
insatiable
utterly
deceitful
subdued
19. Thrifty; careful not to waste money or resources
unforeseen
economical
dilemma
concede
20. To evade or escape from (a danger - enemy - or pursuer) - typically in a skillful or cunning way
solemnize
evasive
elude
palliate
21. An activity of a specified kind - especially a recreational or athletic one
decry
pursuit
implausible
reserved
22. Uncertain; hesitant
haughty
tentative
machination
auditory
23. Clever - original - and inventive
squander
unambiguous
expansive
ingenious
24. To make a serious or urgent request - typically to the public
populous
appeal
disseminate
wistful
25. Absolute; unqualified
sanctimonious
unmitigated
dispel
avuncular
26. Very complicated or detailed; elaborate
intricate
evocative
pursue
curative
27. Lacking comfort or luxury; austere
spartan
pugnacious
impediment
regress
28. Not showing a serious or respectful attitude; frivolous
cite
marginal
flippant
lavish
29. A subtle distinction - feature - or argument
subtlety
anonymous
sensationalism
apathy
30. In agreement; consistent
concordant
cohesive
heresy
employ
31. To invent - concoct - or make (something) up; to lie
intemperance
impose
fabricate
flag
32. To make or declare (something - typically a church) sacred
evasive
stimulation
plausible
consecrate
33. Fully comprehensive; all-inclusive
thwart
precipitous
portentous
exhaustive
34. Asserting one's will over another in an arrogant way; overbearing
demur
jargon
domineering
estrange
35. A refutation or contradiction
injudicious
amalgamation
rebuttal
stringent
36. Showing deference
fabricate
reiterate
deferential
provocative
37. Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native
temperament
indigenous
emphasis
tangential
38. To express complete disapproval of; to criticize
indiscernible
inscrutable
taciturn
condemn
39. Exuberantly plentiful; abundant
profuse
idiosyncrasy
denounce
irreconcilable
40. To be enough or adequate
solemnize
suffice
credible
zeal
41. Having a thick - sticky consistency between solid and liquid; having a high viscosity
vicarious
concession
viscous
futile
42. A polite expression of praise or admiration
grandiose
casual
insure
compliment
43. Incapable of producing any useful result; pointless
perpetual
nostalgia
impede
futile
44. Disappointed in something after discovering it to be less good than once believed
indulgent
disillusioned
exhaust
vivid
45. Open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning
autocrat
ambiguous
levity
iconoclast
46. Experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of someone else
proliferate
prolific
mischaracterize
vicarious
47. A tendency to be too ready to believe that something is real or true
conspicuous
convey
provocative
credulity
48. To cause (someone) to be no longer close or affectionate; to alienate
mercurial
haughty
estrange
terminate
49. Unconventional and slightly strange; abnormal
stringent
awed
eccentric
defiance
50. A possibility or likelihood
inconsequential
infatuation
prospect
amalgamation