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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. Calm; sluggish; unemotional
intuitive
callous
ossified
phlegmatic
2. Foolish or senseless behavior (noun)
decorous
disposition
folly
sustenance
3. Extreme - chauvinistic patriotism - often favoring an aggressive - warlike foreign policy
unsubstantiated
curative
divisive
jingoism
4. Very careful; diligent; requiring great care; meticulous
painstaking
pristine
phlegmatic
erudition
5. Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable
retrenchment
cantankerous
lugubrious
reticent
6. Lasting a very short time
flotsam
ephemeral
chicanery
irascible
7. Clothing - garments
sundry
reconnaissance
infighting
raiment
8. Floating debris (from a ship)
obtrusive
liberality
phlegmatic
flotsam
9. Stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability
ineffable
tenable
doctrinaire
phlegmatic
10. Superiority to all others
preeminence
phlegmatic
bombastic
esoteric
11. Conflict within a group
implacable
infighting
self-effacing
callous
12. (adj.) subject to odd ideas - notions - or fancies; playful; unpredictable
painstaking
arduous
whimsical
obtrusive
13. Ordinary - common
venerable
impetuous
sanguine
mundane
14. Intricate; complex
bland
cryptic
decorous
convoluted
15. Erroneous - unintelligent - wrong
dispersive
wrongheaded
flotsam
tenuous
16. Defensible - justifiable - maintainable
omnipotent
tenable
obtrusive
painstaking
17. Protest; objection
provocative
stymied
remonstrance
clandestine
18. Confidently optimistic and cheerful
obtrusive
sanguine
unsubstantiated
wistful
19. Able to heal or cure
remiss
curative
callous
preeminence
20. (adj) given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause; (n) an activist
ambiguous
authoritative
militant
fundamentalism
21. Insincere
tenable
incorrigible
disingenuous
mercurial
22. Not clearly understood or expressed
antiquated
ossified
wistful
obscure
23. Retiring - humble - modest
venerable
lassitude
self-effacing
impetuous
24. Strict - severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste
impugned
stringent
unmarred
authoritative
25. (n.) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
venerable
misnomer
reconnaissance
bucolic
26. Intended for or understood by only a small group
sundry
esoteric
liberality
impugned
27. Brief - concise
laconic
impugned
succinct
mercurial
28. Challenged; called into question
impugned
self-effacing
ineffable
misnomer
29. Encouraged
fostered
implacable
flotsam
hallowed
30. Troubled; distressed
ambiguous
dispassionate
phlegmatic
dismayed
31. Open to more than one interpretation
lugubrious
unsubstantiated
irascible
ambiguous
32. A complicated organized system; rules and regulations
capricious
erroneous
bureaucratization
emphatic
33. Incapable of being expressed
jingoism
ineffable
bland
venerable
34. Characterized by arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles
dogmatic
curative
churlish
ambiguous
35. Sorry; showing regret
self-effacing
cryptic
apologetic
ostentatious
36. Showing excessive emotion; overflowing
ostentatious
sanguine
effusive
sustenance
37. Perfectly clear; leaving no room for doubt or misunderstanding
stymied
unequivocal
candid
corrosive
38. The trait of being generous in behavior and temperament
lassitude
phlegmatic
fabricated
liberality
39. Having authority or ascendancy or influence
dismayed
authoritative
stringent
provocative
40. Weariness of body or mind - lack of energy
capricious
didactic
lassitude
phlegmatic
41. Quick - shrewd - and unpredictable
mercurial
cryptic
decorous
convoluted
42. yearning; sadly longing
militant
wistful
omnipotent
preeminence
43. Having a secret or hidden meaning
plausible
cryptic
unequivocal
omnipotent
44. Reducing staff or forces; conserving resources
apologetic
retrenchment
ambiguous
verbose
45. To soften in feeling or temper
mollified
succinct
remiss
curative
46. Various; miscellaneous - various; miscellaneous
arduous
sundry
autonomous
succinct
47. Easily angered
antiquated
languid
chicanery
irascible
48. Existing as an independent entity
corrosive
flotsam
dispersive
autonomous
49. Forcibly expressive
dispassionate
visceral
emphatic
venerable
50. Tending to spread; spread over
bombastic
bureaucratization
pretentious
dispersive