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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. Quick - shrewd - and unpredictable
deft
mercurial
phlegmatic
churlish
2. Showy; pompous; claiming unjustified distinction
folly
spurious
clandestine
pretentious
3. Not supported or proven by evidence
unsubstantiated
divisive
ostentatious
lugubrious
4. Sorry; showing regret
apologetic
remiss
erroneous
intransigence
5. A puzzle - mystery - or riddle
edifying
infighting
enigma
sanguine
6. Eating away gradually - acidlike; bitterly sarcastic
preeminence
ephemeral
corrosive
unsubstantiated
7. (adj.) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
disposition
bombastic
impetuous
preeminence
8. Refusal of any compromise; stubbornness
didactic
intransigence
flotsam
loquacious
9. Confidently optimistic and cheerful
sanguine
militant
erudition
disingenuous
10. Protest; objection
doctrinaire
rhetoric
prognosis
remonstrance
11. Respectable due to age
phlegmatic
remonstrance
loquacious
venerable
12. Foolish or senseless behavior (noun)
lassitude
dogmatic
folly
disposition
13. Superiority to all others
convoluted
unsubstantiated
plausible
preeminence
14. A complicated organized system; rules and regulations
divisive
provocative
bureaucratization
obscure
15. Insincere
disingenuous
plausible
emphatic
capricious
16. Tending to spread; spread over
dispersive
churlish
obscure
languid
17. Not clearly understood or expressed
authoritative
obscure
effusive
fundamentalism
18. Incapable of being expressed
hallowed
ineffable
doctrinaire
edifying
19. Perfectly clear; leaving no room for doubt or misunderstanding
stymied
candid
verbose
unequivocal
20. Obsolete - out of fashion - no longer usable
antiquated
bucolic
flotsam
erudition
21. Instructing and improving spiritually or morally
edifying
tenuous
impugned
callous
22. Slow - sluggish - listless - weak
reconnaissance
decimation
infighting
languid
23. Open to more than one interpretation
unmarred
ambiguous
deft
wrongheaded
24. Very careful; diligent; requiring great care; meticulous
painstaking
dispassionate
rhetoric
arduous
25. Creating conflict
decorous
ossified
sanguine
divisive
26. Extensive destruction
antiquated
sustenance
self-effacing
decimation
27. Intended for or understood by only a small group
ineffable
esoteric
loquacious
liberality
28. The art of presenting ideas in a clear - effective - and persuasive manner
sanguine
folly
venerable
rhetoric
29. Erroneous - unintelligent - wrong
emphatic
wrongheaded
sanguine
dogmatic
30. Strict - severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste
reticent
unsubstantiated
languid
stringent
31. Characterized by arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles
cryptic
dogmatic
lugubrious
emphatic
32. Weariness of body or mind - lack of energy
jingoism
implacable
fabricated
lassitude
33. Conflict within a group
wrongheaded
impugned
sundry
infighting
34. Disagreement
loquacious
authoritative
plausible
dissent
35. Instinctive
misnomer
visceral
flotsam
dissent
36. Incorrect - containing mistakes
erudition
whimsical
erroneous
bureaucratization
37. Difficult to accomplish
lassitude
ineffable
liberality
arduous
38. Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable
bombastic
succinct
cantankerous
infighting
39. Lasting a very short time
autonomous
implacable
ephemeral
disposition
40. Various; miscellaneous - various; miscellaneous
succinct
sundry
infighting
unequivocal
41. Encouraged
preeminence
doctrinaire
fostered
unmarred
42. Emotionally hardened - unfeeling
visceral
edifying
callous
phlegmatic
43. Something that provides nourishment; food needed to live
remonstrance
corrosive
sustenance
retrenchment
44. Very talkative
loquacious
remiss
fostered
capricious
45. Instinctive - untaught
provocative
lugubrious
intuitive
sanguine
46. Rash - impulsive
remiss
corrosive
impetuous
militant
47. An unsuitable or misleading name
disingenuous
erudition
misnomer
venerable
48. Greatly respected; holy; sacred
mollified
hallowed
wistful
spurious
49. Deep - extensive learning
bombastic
erudition
remiss
ineffable
50. (adj.) neglectful in performance of one's duty - careless
rhetoric
succinct
ossified
remiss