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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. Extreme - chauvinistic patriotism - often favoring an aggressive - warlike foreign policy
mercurial
callous
obscure
jingoism
2. Creating conflict
divisive
intransigence
raiment
erroneous
3. Confidently optimistic and cheerful
sanguine
lugubrious
spurious
erudition
4. Refusal of any compromise; stubbornness
ambiguous
didactic
laconic
intransigence
5. Impulsive and unpredictable
capricious
misnomer
unmarred
reticent
6. Showing excessive emotion; overflowing
dispassionate
mercurial
effusive
eclectic
7. Respectable due to age
bombastic
eclectic
reticent
venerable
8. Challenged; called into question
edifying
emphatic
impugned
jingoism
9. Intended for or understood by only a small group
wistful
esoteric
preeminence
arduous
10. Instructing and improving spiritually or morally
unmarred
edifying
sundry
obtrusive
11. your usual mood
infighting
disposition
wrongheaded
corrosive
12. Insincere
disingenuous
ineffable
authoritative
bucolic
13. (adj.) appearing true - reasonable - or fair
plausible
obscure
impugned
obtrusive
14. Incorrect - containing mistakes
bland
ambivalent
chicanery
erroneous
15. Troubled; distressed
hallowed
esoteric
dispersive
dismayed
16. A complicated organized system; rules and regulations
remiss
self-effacing
bureaucratization
rhetoric
17. All-powerful
irascible
callous
jingoism
omnipotent
18. An unsuitable or misleading name
deft
misnomer
lassitude
wistful
19. Defensible - justifiable - maintainable
stringent
prognosis
whimsical
tenable
20. A forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation
retrenchment
eclectic
prognosis
fostered
21. (adj.) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
impetuous
ephemeral
authoritative
bombastic
22. Secret - concealed; underhanded
clandestine
rhetoric
verbose
mercurial
23. Obsolete - out of fashion - no longer usable
decimation
remiss
capricious
antiquated
24. Trickery; deception
incorrigible
chicanery
ephemeral
candid
25. Not to be satisfied or pacified; unyielding
implacable
fostered
pretentious
eclectic
26. Made up of a variety of sources or styles
doctrinaire
bureaucratization
dissent
eclectic
27. Openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
venerable
emphatic
stymied
candid
28. Wordy - very talkative
enigma
verbose
wistful
remonstrance
29. (adj) given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause; (n) an activist
decorous
fostered
militant
reticent
30. Having a secret or hidden meaning
cryptic
sundry
self-effacing
eclectic
31. Weariness of body or mind - lack of energy
bland
lassitude
emphatic
laconic
32. Eating away gradually - acidlike; bitterly sarcastic
invidious
jingoism
candid
corrosive
33. Causing disturbance or excitement
provocative
liberality
mundane
prognosis
34. Pertaining to the countryside; rural; rustic
mundane
bucolic
corrosive
effusive
35. Perfectly clear; leaving no room for doubt or misunderstanding
tenuous
corrosive
eclectic
unequivocal
36. Conflict within a group
convoluted
esoteric
unsubstantiated
infighting
37. Characterized by arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles
effusive
bucolic
laconic
dogmatic
38. Foolish or senseless behavior (noun)
ephemeral
folly
remiss
apologetic
39. Tending to spread; spread over
wrongheaded
chicanery
reticent
dispersive
40. Lasting a very short time
fabricated
dispersive
bureaucratization
ephemeral
41. Encouraged
fostered
remiss
stymied
lugubrious
42. Thin - slender - not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance or significance; lacking a sound basis - poorly supported
impetuous
pretentious
retrenchment
tenuous
43. Pushing - demanding attention - showy
tenable
doctrinaire
pretentious
obtrusive
44. Showy; pompous; claiming unjustified distinction
stringent
liberality
pretentious
autonomous
45. (adj.) subject to odd ideas - notions - or fancies; playful; unpredictable
plausible
whimsical
raiment
effusive
46. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted
pretentious
pristine
arduous
clandestine
47. Stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability
disposition
doctrinaire
ambiguous
prognosis
48. Simultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain
fabricated
eclectic
ambivalent
succinct
49. Very careful; diligent; requiring great care; meticulous
painstaking
folly
stringent
effusive
50. Erroneous - unintelligent - wrong
bureaucratization
implacable
wrongheaded
cryptic