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SAT Reasoning Common Words
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sat
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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 deride and criticize using satire
temper
to be reputed
satirize
vacillate
2. To read thoroughly and carefully
cacophony
peruse
unorthodox
circumvent
3. Charming and attractive
engaging
reserved
sensationalism
humility
4. Using very few words; concise
tranquil
imposing
laconic
reserved
5. Completely; absolutely
avuncular
plastic
utterly
expedite
6. Unreasonable; illogical
impose
irrational
innovative
idiosyncrasy
7. An indirect reference
resurgent
brevity
complimentary
allusion
8. Impressive or magnificent in appearance or style - especially in a pretentious or excessive way
pragmatist
intractable
grandiose
irreverent
9. Loud and harsh; grating
tyranny
sap
strident
unfounded
10. Fascinating; enchanting
incisive
autonomous
solicit
enthralling
11. Obsessed; absorbed
gratuitous
confident
advocate
preoccupied
12. Defiant of authority; disobedient to orders
censure
insubordinate
proverbial
proliferate
13. Not showing care for the consequences of an action; reckless
acumen
passive
cynic
imprudent
14. A lack of experience - wisdom - or judgment; innocence or unsophistication
reclusive
tact
prospective
naïvete
15. Copiously
concord
buoy
profusely
compunction
16. A lack of good sense; foolishness
bounty
eclectic
indigenous
folly
17. Impossible to deny or disprove; incontrovertible
irrefutable
dearth
jocular
appeal
18. A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person
mortality
anecdote
indigenous
disseminate
19. Having good judgment or taste; selective
alacrity
populous
grievous
discerning
20. To invent - concoct - or make (something) up; to lie
inapt
temperamental
fabricate
virtuous
21. Important or significant
objective
nostalgia
consequential
domineering
22. Having sharp powers of judgment; astute
lugubrious
shrewd
precursor
infatuation
23. Relating to the enforcement of a rule; rigid
perfidy
perplexity
grievance
prescriptive
24. To rise in value or price
pretense
colleague
appreciate
complement
25. To struggle against (a difficulty or danger)
peevish
contend
principal
moribund
26. Showing a lack of experience - wisdom - or judgment; innocent
diplomatic
discernment
naïve
prospect
27. Dark or dull in color or tone; gloomy
determinism
querulous
somber
understatement
28. Becoming less advanced; returning to a former or less developed state
regressive
reconcile
compelling
regale
29. A person who studies anthropology
orthodox
anthropologist
steadfast
placate
30. Referred to in a proverb or idiom; so well known as to be stereotypical
proverbial
incongruous
metaphor
unforeseen
31. To come before (something)
stimulate
monotonous
perseverance
precede
32. The ability to understand and share the feelings of another
stimulate
stratagem
depreciate
empathy
33. A way in which something is usually done; a custom
esoteric
flout
insubstantial
convention
34. The practice of pursuing ideals - especially unrealistically
indomitable
decorous
idealism
conception
35. A portrayal; a description
depiction
vivid
allegory
enthrall
36. Failing to take proper care in doing something
whimsy
negligent
censor
expedite
37. To adopt or support (a cause - belief - or way of life); to endorse
depict
intimidate
foreboding
espouse
38. Special importance
subtlety
negligent
emphasis
consequential
39. Bad-tempered - argumentative - and uncooperative; grumpy
infallible
acute
sentiment
cantankerous
40. To express severe disapproval of (someone or something) - typically in a formal statement; to reprimand
homogenization
censure
unsentimental
prospect
41. A printed document that advertises or describes a school - commercial enterprise - forthcoming book - etc. - in order to attract or inform clients
antagonistic
prospectus
dispensation
naïvete
42. A person or thing regarded as a representative symbol of something; an idol
exemplar
rouse
icon
steadfast
43. The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing
placate
disillusioned
rhetoric
engage
44. Showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously; disdainful
irreproachable
remorse
myopic
irreverent
45. To show (someone) to be involved in a crime
deplore
engage
complement
implicate
46. To annoy or irritate; to vex or exasperate
opportune
sap
peeve
skirt
47. Easily influenced because of a lack of critical ability; suggestible
indiscernible
dearth
impressionable
to dispense with
48. Lower in rank or position
vindicate
subordinate
simplistic
prevail
49. With no excess fat; elegantly simple
spare
humanitarian
illuminate
disseminate
50. To gradually weaken or destroy (a person's strength or power)
naïvete
tribute
dilettante
sap