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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 and skillful in movement
deft
unequivocal
churlish
disingenuous
2. Something that provides nourishment; food needed to live
sustenance
unequivocal
reverence
infighting
3. yearning; sadly longing
plausible
preeminence
bland
wistful
4. Characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct
decorous
fabricated
painstaking
obscure
5. Eating away gradually - acidlike; bitterly sarcastic
erroneous
corrosive
verbose
fabricated
6. Confidently optimistic and cheerful
mercurial
sanguine
bureaucratization
stringent
7. Lasting a very short time
infighting
ambiguous
erroneous
ephemeral
8. Extreme - chauvinistic patriotism - often favoring an aggressive - warlike foreign policy
liberality
decimation
antiquated
jingoism
9. Mournful - dismal - or gloomy - especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree
candid
militant
lugubrious
rhetoric
10. The art of presenting ideas in a clear - effective - and persuasive manner
capricious
impetuous
rhetoric
ineffable
11. Superiority to all others
preeminence
intuitive
laconic
languid
12. Showy; pompous; claiming unjustified distinction
pretentious
callous
disingenuous
decorous
13. Floating debris (from a ship)
sundry
ostentatious
flotsam
eclectic
14. Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch - denomination - or sect).
edifying
fundamentalism
remonstrance
mundane
15. Calm; sluggish; unemotional
bucolic
phlegmatic
corrosive
deft
16. Conflict within a group
sanguine
ossified
infighting
unequivocal
17. Deep - extensive learning
erudition
misnomer
mercurial
impugned
18. Made up of a variety of sources or styles
pretentious
convoluted
folly
eclectic
19. Concise - using few words
laconic
chicanery
sundry
languid
20. To soften in feeling or temper
tenable
esoteric
convoluted
mollified
21. (adj.) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
ossified
bombastic
lassitude
didactic
22. Intended to deceive
spurious
bombastic
reconnaissance
militant
23. Various; miscellaneous - various; miscellaneous
obscure
self-effacing
sundry
effusive
24. Characterized by arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles
ossified
dogmatic
reticent
folly
25. Ordinary - common
lassitude
mundane
disposition
chicanery
26. Very talkative
jingoism
decimation
loquacious
erudition
27. Brief - concise
mundane
convoluted
succinct
laconic
28. All-powerful
fabricated
omnipotent
mollified
jingoism
29. Secret - concealed; underhanded
wistful
self-effacing
clandestine
preeminence
30. Causing disturbance or excitement
provocative
fabricated
wrongheaded
divisive
31. Not clearly understood or expressed
pretentious
chicanery
obscure
intuitive
32. Impulsive and unpredictable
mercurial
capricious
fabricated
ostentatious
33. Made; concocted in order to deceive
militant
raiment
fabricated
mollified
34. Slow - sluggish - listless - weak
fabricated
languid
capricious
autonomous
35. Sorry; showing regret
visceral
authoritative
whimsical
apologetic
36. Existing as an independent entity
cryptic
flotsam
capricious
autonomous
37. Having a secret or hidden meaning
enigma
cryptic
unequivocal
esoteric
38. Not supported or proven by evidence
unsubstantiated
reconnaissance
lugubrious
mundane
39. Open to more than one interpretation
unsubstantiated
eclectic
ambiguous
fundamentalism
40. A complicated organized system; rules and regulations
bureaucratization
apologetic
erroneous
bucolic
41. Very careful; diligent; requiring great care; meticulous
intuitive
painstaking
obtrusive
incorrigible
42. Perfectly clear; leaving no room for doubt or misunderstanding
enigma
unequivocal
mollified
infighting
43. Intended for or understood by only a small group
esoteric
didactic
bureaucratization
plausible
44. Prevent progress
unsubstantiated
mercurial
dogmatic
stymied
45. Intricate; complex
phlegmatic
erudition
convoluted
pretentious
46. A puzzle - mystery - or riddle
preeminence
bureaucratization
enigma
irascible
47. Emotionally hardened - unfeeling
esoteric
callous
venerable
impetuous
48. Showing excessive emotion; overflowing
laconic
remonstrance
disposition
effusive
49. Wordy - very talkative
apologetic
ostentatious
verbose
remonstrance
50. Openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
bureaucratization
candid
didactic
intransigence