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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. A feature regarded as a characteristic part of something; a trait
indelible
secluded
cathartic
attribute
2. Gentle; kindly
benign
fabricate
resolute
unprecedented
3. To clear (someone) of blame or suspicion; to exonerate
vindicate
imposing
decorum
paradox
4. To make (an action or process) happen sooner or be accomplished more quickly; to facilitate
expedite
unprecedented
regressive
somber
5. Slow to reveal emotion or opinions; reticent
reserved
deliberation
skeptical
preconception
6. Causing great public interest and excitement; shocking
sensational
qualify
incessant
eminent
7. To follow (someone or something); to seek to attain or accomplish (a goal)
oblivious
vacillate
peeve
pursue
8. Incompatible; mutually exclusive
appeal
irreconcilable
progenitor
insubstantial
9. To gradually weaken or destroy (a person's strength or power)
relinquish
disdain
sap
terminate
10. Using very few words; concise
loquacious
laconic
ambiguous
unforeseen
11. Feeling or appearing casually calm and relaxed
versatile
depiction
nonchalant
morale
12. A surprising and previously unknown fact - especially one that is made known in a dramatic way
revelation
to be reputed
repudiate
discreet
13. To serve as a neutralizing or counterbalancing force to (something); to moderate
regal
temper
tact
irreverent
14. Showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise
estrange
meticulous
moribund
indispensable
15. Truthful and straightforward; open
arbitrary
candid
contend
accost
16. To intervene between people in a dispute in order to bring about an agreement or reconciliation; to arbitrate
mediate
antiquity
revoke
unwieldy
17. Behaving as though one thinks one is superior to others; arrogant
aesthetic
temperance
supercilious
innovative
18. Not literal; metaphorical
vicious
defer
figurative
commemorate
19. Reasonable; logical
mundane
rational
indomitable
resolute
20. Lacking thought or intelligence; mindless
precocious
subjective
predecessor
vacuous
21. Not displaying or influenced by sentimental feelings
provincial
convivial
decry
unsentimental
22. To go around or past the edge of
employ
skirt
judicious
grating
23. Vigorous or incisive; penetrating
reconcile
eminent
embroil
trenchant
24. Intended to be kept secret
confidential
pundit
peevish
expedient
25. Wanting or devouring great quantities of food
anachronism
voracious
adversary
equivocal
26. Intelligently analytical and clear-thinking; acute
emphasis
preconception
humility
incisive
27. Overimaginative and unrealistic; far-fetched
indiscernible
understated
fanciful
enumerate
28. To call people together for (a meeting); to assemble
invaluable
substantial
convene
pretentious
29. To participate or become involved in
vindicate
supercilious
unambiguous
engage
30. Humbleness; a modest or low view of one's own importance
flaunt
humility
compromise
rigors
31. An attempt to make something that is not the case appear true; an excuse to do something
flagging
pretense
perfidy
plague
32. No longer needed or useful; needlessly replicating something already present
virtuosity
inclined
redundant
receptive
33. Awkward and hard to use; cumbersome
precedent
engage
unwieldy
substantial
34. A fact or situation that is observed to exist or happen; a remarkable person - thing - or event
proximity
bolster
phenomenon
render
35. To alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; to be indecisive
discerning
expeditious
unsentimental
vacillate
36. To invent or introduce new methods - ideas - or products
preconception
regressive
innovate
indeterminate
37. To take (something) for one's own use - typically without the owner's permission; to seize
appropriate
slovenly
formidable
dispel
38. Feeling anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment; resentful
impressionable
indignant
precursor
susceptible
39. Having good judgment or taste; selective
solemnize
imprudent
discerning
self-deprecating
40. Closeness in space - time - or relationship; nearness
causal
altruistic
legitimate
proximity
41. To come before (something)
precede
superfluous
credulity
lackadaisical
42. To be a warning or indication of (a future event)
contempt
indiscernible
ornate
foreshadow
43. Done or reached decisively and with authority
definitive
temperance
injudicious
depiction
44. Lacking inspiration or excitement; dull
populist
tyrant
apprehension
pedestrian
45. Relevant; applicable
secluded
pertinent
litigious
bounty
46. Likely to happen at a future date; concerned with the future
precedence
intimacy
oblivious
prospective
47. Having an ability to deal with people in a sensitive and effective way; tactful
oblivious
tyranny
moderation
diplomatic
48. To mention (a number of things) one by one; to list
skeptical
cacophony
enumerate
conception
49. Not feeling or showing emotion
elusive
impassive
heterogeneous
advocate
50. A statement that - despite sound reasoning from facts - leads to a conclusion that seems senseless or illogical; a self-contradiction
neglect
marginal
paradox
cathartic