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SAT Reasoning Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Eating away gradually - acidlike; bitterly sarcastic
succinct
corrosive
mundane
intransigence
2. Showy; pompous; claiming unjustified distinction
chicanery
painstaking
venerable
pretentious
3. The trait of being generous in behavior and temperament
lugubrious
disposition
liberality
cryptic
4. Something that provides nourishment; food needed to live
unsubstantiated
fostered
phlegmatic
sustenance
5. Causing disturbance or excitement
reconnaissance
provocative
mercurial
esoteric
6. Characterized by arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles
autonomous
dogmatic
hallowed
sanguine
7. Intended for or understood by only a small group
jingoism
plausible
prognosis
esoteric
8. Mournful - dismal - or gloomy - especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree
disposition
lugubrious
capricious
omnipotent
9. Wordy - very talkative
cantankerous
callous
bucolic
verbose
10. Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable
lassitude
antiquated
sustenance
cantankerous
11. Existing as an independent entity
autonomous
obscure
tenable
mollified
12. Pushing - demanding attention - showy
disingenuous
laconic
dispersive
obtrusive
13. A complicated organized system; rules and regulations
mollified
bureaucratization
stringent
intuitive
14. Disagreement
dissent
unequivocal
decimation
liberality
15. Intricate; complex
convoluted
disingenuous
remiss
edifying
16. A puzzle - mystery - or riddle
enigma
flotsam
reverence
ossified
17. Reducing staff or forces; conserving resources
ineffable
stymied
remonstrance
retrenchment
18. Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch - denomination - or sect).
stringent
deft
enigma
fundamentalism
19. Deep - extensive learning
flotsam
lugubrious
erudition
lassitude
20. Very talkative
loquacious
ineffable
disposition
reconnaissance
21. Stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability
folly
doctrinaire
infighting
misnomer
22. Troubled; distressed
obscure
dismayed
sustenance
verbose
23. yearning; sadly longing
wistful
bucolic
ambiguous
unequivocal
24. Challenged; called into question
impugned
flotsam
retrenchment
rhetoric
25. Tending to spread; spread over
spurious
divisive
apologetic
dispersive
26. Containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
visceral
esoteric
flotsam
invidious
27. Very careful; diligent; requiring great care; meticulous
tenable
ostentatious
painstaking
bland
28. Characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct
corrosive
decorous
bombastic
deft
29. Incapable of being expressed
unmarred
disposition
mollified
ineffable
30. Calm; sluggish; unemotional
reconnaissance
phlegmatic
spurious
disingenuous
31. All-powerful
reconnaissance
churlish
incorrigible
omnipotent
32. Weariness of body or mind - lack of energy
lassitude
chicanery
rhetoric
reconnaissance
33. (n.) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
rhetoric
dissent
ostentatious
reconnaissance
34. Secret - concealed; underhanded
capricious
misnomer
clandestine
rhetoric
35. Thin - slender - not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance or significance; lacking a sound basis - poorly supported
unequivocal
convoluted
hallowed
tenuous
36. Protest; objection
remonstrance
apologetic
unmarred
irascible
37. Easily angered
deft
liberality
irascible
folly
38. Lasting a very short time
edifying
visceral
ephemeral
languid
39. Respectable due to age
venerable
provocative
folly
didactic
40. (adj.) neglectful in performance of one's duty - careless
decimation
remiss
mollified
apologetic
41. Set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior - habits - or beliefs
whimsical
fostered
ossified
ostentatious
42. Rash - impulsive
cantankerous
impetuous
implacable
edifying
43. Not clearly understood or expressed
doctrinaire
dogmatic
chicanery
obscure
44. Encouraged
disingenuous
decimation
fostered
reverence
45. Ordinary - common
reverence
cantankerous
fabricated
mundane
46. Forcibly expressive
remonstrance
self-effacing
emphatic
ineffable
47. Open to more than one interpretation
apologetic
dissent
ambiguous
infighting
48. Quick - shrewd - and unpredictable
bureaucratization
cantankerous
bucolic
mercurial
49. Superiority to all others
clandestine
impugned
stringent
preeminence
50. A forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation
ambivalent
prognosis
convoluted
apologetic