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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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1. Tending to spread; spread over
tenuous
dispersive
effusive
provocative
2. Showing excessive emotion; overflowing
effusive
laconic
verbose
ambivalent
3. Open to more than one interpretation
bureaucratization
deft
ambiguous
divisive
4. yearning; sadly longing
militant
laconic
wistful
impetuous
5. Intended for or understood by only a small group
didactic
dismayed
esoteric
churlish
6. (adj) given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause; (n) an activist
militant
visceral
corrosive
edifying
7. Disagreement
enigma
dissent
invidious
painstaking
8. Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch - denomination - or sect).
antiquated
sanguine
fundamentalism
incorrigible
9. Encouraged
fostered
ambiguous
obtrusive
invidious
10. Having authority or ascendancy or influence
authoritative
ineffable
languid
fabricated
11. Refusal of any compromise; stubbornness
irascible
unequivocal
erroneous
intransigence
12. Clothing - garments
misnomer
callous
lugubrious
raiment
13. Difficult to accomplish
esoteric
bombastic
jingoism
arduous
14. Containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
rhetoric
invidious
retrenchment
fundamentalism
15. Very talkative
loquacious
succinct
enigma
verbose
16. Intricate; complex
convoluted
hallowed
mundane
ambiguous
17. Set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior - habits - or beliefs
ossified
dogmatic
intransigence
eclectic
18. Pertaining to the countryside; rural; rustic
bucolic
sanguine
callous
mundane
19. Floating debris (from a ship)
obscure
authoritative
flotsam
dispassionate
20. Respectable due to age
sanguine
unsubstantiated
venerable
chicanery
21. Wordy - very talkative
verbose
rhetoric
lassitude
reticent
22. Ordinary - common
mundane
autonomous
deft
irascible
23. Incorrect - containing mistakes
self-effacing
preeminence
erroneous
arduous
24. Quick and skillful in movement
decimation
deft
unsubstantiated
doctrinaire
25. The trait of being generous in behavior and temperament
liberality
dissent
flotsam
impetuous
26. Incapable of being expressed
remiss
intuitive
ineffable
edifying
27. Simultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain
sanguine
disposition
ambivalent
remiss
28. Reducing staff or forces; conserving resources
provocative
retrenchment
visceral
hallowed
29. Pushing - demanding attention - showy
obtrusive
implacable
candid
self-effacing
30. Stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability
erudition
laconic
doctrinaire
militant
31. Not supported or proven by evidence
unsubstantiated
erudition
venerable
liberality
32. Calm; sluggish; unemotional
sanguine
emphatic
hallowed
phlegmatic
33. Brief - concise
succinct
remonstrance
remiss
churlish
34. Foolish or senseless behavior (noun)
sustenance
venerable
militant
folly
35. Creating conflict
divisive
ambivalent
invidious
ostentatious
36. Instructing and improving spiritually or morally
ambiguous
ephemeral
decimation
edifying
37. Quick - shrewd - and unpredictable
pristine
curative
impetuous
mercurial
38. Able to heal or cure
provocative
sundry
curative
decorous
39. (adj.) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
authoritative
impugned
obtrusive
bombastic
40. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted
spurious
pristine
disingenuous
intuitive
41. Lasting a very short time
cryptic
reconnaissance
ephemeral
verbose
42. Greatly respected; holy; sacred
succinct
prognosis
hallowed
provocative
43. Made; concocted in order to deceive
flotsam
bombastic
fabricated
erudition
44. Weariness of body or mind - lack of energy
painstaking
impugned
lassitude
clandestine
45. Slow - sluggish - listless - weak
fabricated
self-effacing
cantankerous
languid
46. Reluctant to draw attention to yourself
lassitude
reticent
antiquated
wistful
47. Showy; pompous; claiming unjustified distinction
phlegmatic
raiment
pretentious
militant
48. Impartial; calm - free from emotion
venerable
autonomous
dispassionate
unmarred
49. Lacking politeness or good manners; lacking sensitivity; difficult to work with or deal with; rude
raiment
dispassionate
erroneous
churlish
50. Challenged; called into question
bureaucratization
divisive
impugned
mercurial