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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
raiment
rhetoric
wrongheaded
2. Strict - severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste
ostentatious
apologetic
stringent
cryptic
3. yearning; sadly longing
laconic
wistful
capricious
eclectic
4. Instinctive - untaught
self-effacing
implacable
intuitive
omnipotent
5. Simultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain
esoteric
ambivalent
painstaking
raiment
6. Concise - using few words
laconic
callous
reverence
deft
7. Fresh and clean; uncorrupted
candid
antiquated
impetuous
pristine
8. Encouraged
whimsical
fostered
erroneous
dispassionate
9. Troubled; distressed
ambivalent
ostentatious
militant
dismayed
10. The trait of being generous in behavior and temperament
visceral
liberality
obtrusive
raiment
11. Intended to teach or instruct
invidious
disingenuous
didactic
sanguine
12. Showy; pompous; claiming unjustified distinction
visceral
pretentious
intransigence
mollified
13. Difficult to accomplish
sundry
arduous
dogmatic
bureaucratization
14. Superiority to all others
erroneous
eclectic
preeminence
spurious
15. Respectable due to age
capricious
pretentious
unsubstantiated
venerable
16. Stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability
authoritative
doctrinaire
venerable
folly
17. (adj) given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause; (n) an activist
succinct
militant
impetuous
decorous
18. Instinctive
wistful
deft
impetuous
visceral
19. Retiring - humble - modest
hallowed
mollified
decorous
self-effacing
20. Mournful - dismal - or gloomy - especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree
cryptic
bombastic
militant
lugubrious
21. Extreme - chauvinistic patriotism - often favoring an aggressive - warlike foreign policy
reverence
retrenchment
languid
jingoism
22. Trickery; deception
stringent
chicanery
emphatic
ambivalent
23. Various; miscellaneous - various; miscellaneous
sundry
dispersive
mollified
infighting
24. (adj.) subject to odd ideas - notions - or fancies; playful; unpredictable
militant
sustenance
candid
whimsical
25. Perfectly clear; leaving no room for doubt or misunderstanding
provocative
unequivocal
rhetoric
prognosis
26. (adj.) appearing true - reasonable - or fair
sundry
plausible
dispassionate
didactic
27. Made up of a variety of sources or styles
eclectic
corrosive
intuitive
candid
28. Erroneous - unintelligent - wrong
deft
bombastic
edifying
wrongheaded
29. Extensive destruction
militant
tenable
callous
decimation
30. Characterized by arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles
intransigence
ephemeral
dogmatic
unsubstantiated
31. Secret - concealed; underhanded
dissent
prognosis
clandestine
wistful
32. Rash - impulsive
disingenuous
fabricated
disposition
impetuous
33. Insincere
pristine
cryptic
emphatic
disingenuous
34. Openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
antiquated
cantankerous
candid
visceral
35. Quick - shrewd - and unpredictable
visceral
mercurial
clandestine
provocative
36. Obsolete - out of fashion - no longer usable
misnomer
bombastic
fabricated
antiquated
37. Causing disturbance or excitement
deft
provocative
phlegmatic
tenable
38. Pushing - demanding attention - showy
succinct
churlish
ephemeral
obtrusive
39. Very talkative
loquacious
invidious
stymied
obscure
40. Confidently optimistic and cheerful
raiment
intuitive
sanguine
infighting
41. Containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
churlish
unequivocal
invidious
folly
42. Incorrect - containing mistakes
reconnaissance
painstaking
obtrusive
erroneous
43. Very careful; diligent; requiring great care; meticulous
raiment
prognosis
painstaking
remonstrance
44. Existing as an independent entity
intuitive
jingoism
cantankerous
autonomous
45. Open to more than one interpretation
ambiguous
impugned
preeminence
ineffable
46. Not clearly understood or expressed
fabricated
obscure
preeminence
sundry
47. Made; concocted in order to deceive
fabricated
impetuous
folly
capricious
48. Thin - slender - not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance or significance; lacking a sound basis - poorly supported
retrenchment
tenuous
ephemeral
obtrusive
49. Tending to spread; spread over
authoritative
emphatic
dispersive
mollified
50. Emotionally hardened - unfeeling
fostered
flotsam
invidious
callous