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SAT Reasoning Vocab
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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. Refusal of any compromise; stubbornness
flotsam
intransigence
omnipotent
liberality
2. Intended to teach or instruct
militant
lassitude
didactic
irascible
3. Retiring - humble - modest
unsubstantiated
mollified
self-effacing
ostentatious
4. Respectable due to age
venerable
unequivocal
dismayed
visceral
5. A forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation
decorous
fabricated
prognosis
effusive
6. Quick and skillful in movement
cantankerous
deft
lugubrious
mollified
7. (adj.) neglectful in performance of one's duty - careless
remiss
mercurial
dispassionate
plausible
8. Concise - using few words
autonomous
esoteric
laconic
tenuous
9. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted
curative
laconic
misnomer
pristine
10. Prevent progress
lugubrious
intuitive
impetuous
stymied
11. Not to be satisfied or pacified; unyielding
irascible
mundane
didactic
implacable
12. Sorry; showing regret
cantankerous
mollified
apologetic
dissent
13. All-powerful
visceral
erudition
doctrinaire
omnipotent
14. The trait of being generous in behavior and temperament
liberality
languid
churlish
fundamentalism
15. Showing excessive emotion; overflowing
bland
effusive
fostered
jingoism
16. Characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct
candid
irascible
mundane
decorous
17. The art of presenting ideas in a clear - effective - and persuasive manner
rhetoric
venerable
ostentatious
militant
18. Intended to deceive
dogmatic
didactic
folly
spurious
19. Not able to be corrected; beyond control
autonomous
incorrigible
cryptic
succinct
20. Eating away gradually - acidlike; bitterly sarcastic
corrosive
effusive
ambiguous
mercurial
21. Challenged; called into question
stringent
callous
authoritative
impugned
22. Pushing - demanding attention - showy
incorrigible
self-effacing
obtrusive
stringent
23. Causing disturbance or excitement
impetuous
incorrigible
provocative
laconic
24. Intricate; complex
edifying
misnomer
ambivalent
convoluted
25. Instinctive - untaught
obtrusive
esoteric
painstaking
intuitive
26. (adj.) appearing true - reasonable - or fair
lugubrious
plausible
disingenuous
tenuous
27. Set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior - habits - or beliefs
capricious
wistful
ossified
obtrusive
28. Open to more than one interpretation
bland
antiquated
painstaking
ambiguous
29. Trickery; deception
obtrusive
chicanery
stringent
ambivalent
30. Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable
esoteric
cantankerous
divisive
painstaking
31. Slow - sluggish - listless - weak
doctrinaire
prognosis
tenable
languid
32. Made up of a variety of sources or styles
convoluted
clandestine
antiquated
eclectic
33. Floating debris (from a ship)
tenable
dogmatic
flotsam
obtrusive
34. Pertaining to the countryside; rural; rustic
succinct
bucolic
loquacious
autonomous
35. (adj.) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
bombastic
divisive
wistful
fundamentalism
36. Made; concocted in order to deceive
provocative
sundry
ephemeral
fabricated
37. Confidently optimistic and cheerful
lassitude
mundane
effusive
sanguine
38. Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch - denomination - or sect).
deft
incorrigible
intransigence
fundamentalism
39. Disagreement
dissent
lugubrious
prognosis
liberality
40. Foolish or senseless behavior (noun)
visceral
mundane
folly
sundry
41. Very talkative
loquacious
prognosis
capricious
clandestine
42. Lasting a very short time
sanguine
flotsam
incorrigible
ephemeral
43. Tending to spread; spread over
remonstrance
authoritative
dispersive
sanguine
44. Quick - shrewd - and unpredictable
prognosis
mercurial
incorrigible
edifying
45. Calm; sluggish; unemotional
laconic
self-effacing
unequivocal
phlegmatic
46. Very careful; diligent; requiring great care; meticulous
wrongheaded
painstaking
prognosis
bureaucratization
47. (adj) given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause; (n) an activist
curative
plausible
fundamentalism
militant
48. Impulsive and unpredictable
dispersive
capricious
tenable
pristine
49. Defensible - justifiable - maintainable
unsubstantiated
obtrusive
tenable
edifying
50. Greatly respected; holy; sacred
ephemeral
chicanery
disposition
hallowed