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SAT Reasoning Vocab
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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. Conflict within a group
remiss
intransigence
jingoism
infighting
2. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted
pretentious
unsubstantiated
mercurial
pristine
3. All-powerful
authoritative
languid
omnipotent
hallowed
4. Causing disturbance or excitement
ostentatious
provocative
cantankerous
enigma
5. Incapable of being expressed
ineffable
didactic
loquacious
esoteric
6. Extreme - chauvinistic patriotism - often favoring an aggressive - warlike foreign policy
mercurial
jingoism
retrenchment
dispersive
7. Prevent progress
pristine
emphatic
remonstrance
stymied
8. Characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct
decorous
mercurial
clandestine
cryptic
9. To soften in feeling or temper
verbose
laconic
reconnaissance
mollified
10. Lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics
pristine
spurious
bland
dispersive
11. Mournful - dismal - or gloomy - especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree
pristine
lugubrious
retrenchment
unequivocal
12. Made; concocted in order to deceive
fabricated
visceral
fostered
militant
13. Pertaining to the countryside; rural; rustic
intuitive
plausible
bucolic
phlegmatic
14. Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch - denomination - or sect).
antiquated
fundamentalism
didactic
whimsical
15. Floating debris (from a ship)
sanguine
flotsam
deft
ineffable
16. Lasting a very short time
ephemeral
chicanery
churlish
cantankerous
17. Forcibly expressive
dogmatic
fabricated
whimsical
emphatic
18. Insincere
rhetoric
self-effacing
unmarred
disingenuous
19. yearning; sadly longing
esoteric
wistful
sundry
didactic
20. Open to more than one interpretation
dismayed
preeminence
clandestine
ambiguous
21. Instructing and improving spiritually or morally
visceral
sustenance
deft
edifying
22. Confidently optimistic and cheerful
sanguine
erudition
tenable
autonomous
23. Trickery; deception
candid
corrosive
venerable
chicanery
24. Weariness of body or mind - lack of energy
mollified
prognosis
stringent
lassitude
25. Intended to deceive
languid
spurious
capricious
hallowed
26. Not supported or proven by evidence
lassitude
unsubstantiated
reticent
obscure
27. Various; miscellaneous - various; miscellaneous
sundry
unsubstantiated
autonomous
bombastic
28. Slow - sluggish - listless - weak
languid
dispersive
cryptic
tenable
29. Set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior - habits - or beliefs
raiment
ossified
remiss
bland
30. A puzzle - mystery - or riddle
prognosis
ineffable
eclectic
enigma
31. Very talkative
dispassionate
whimsical
unmarred
loquacious
32. Existing as an independent entity
ostentatious
raiment
reticent
autonomous
33. Extensive destruction
impetuous
decimation
didactic
bureaucratization
34. Clothing - garments
dismayed
raiment
liberality
reverence
35. Incorrect - containing mistakes
authoritative
erroneous
verbose
infighting
36. Stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability
erroneous
authoritative
dispassionate
doctrinaire
37. Reducing staff or forces; conserving resources
retrenchment
phlegmatic
languid
callous
38. A forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation
tenable
prognosis
venerable
churlish
39. Not clearly understood or expressed
obscure
authoritative
ostentatious
divisive
40. Brief - concise
ostentatious
flotsam
succinct
effusive
41. (n.) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
ephemeral
reconnaissance
disposition
spurious
42. Wordy - very talkative
sundry
curative
verbose
provocative
43. The trait of being generous in behavior and temperament
wrongheaded
erroneous
liberality
infighting
44. Intended for or understood by only a small group
self-effacing
esoteric
dismayed
eclectic
45. Intended to attract notice and impress others
authoritative
ostentatious
remiss
fundamentalism
46. Erroneous - unintelligent - wrong
lassitude
folly
wrongheaded
autonomous
47. Rash - impulsive
impetuous
tenable
phlegmatic
erroneous
48. Calm; sluggish; unemotional
ambiguous
phlegmatic
convoluted
implacable
49. The art of presenting ideas in a clear - effective - and persuasive manner
divisive
rhetoric
wistful
decorous
50. Secret - concealed; underhanded
sundry
bland
doctrinaire
clandestine