SAT Prep Vocabulary

fallacious

• containing a mistake in logic; logically unsound; deceptive, misleading

• convincing and well-reasoned

• severely critical; disapproving

• freely given; not called for by circumstances, unwarranted

homogeneous

• harmful, injurious, damaging

• containing a mistake in logic; logically unsound; deceptive, misleading

• composed of identical parts; uniform in composition

• severely critical; disapproving

circumspect

• cautious; aware of potential consequences

• harmful, injurious, damaging

• composed of identical parts; uniform in composition

• convincing and well-reasoned

buttress

• to proclaim or issue officially; to make known far and wide

• to make (information) known; communicate; to transmit, relay

• to support, prop up, strengthen; a supporting structure

• deceit; trickery

diminution

• to support, prop up, strengthen; a supporting structure

• deceit; trickery

• a lessening or reduction in size; a decrease

• the act of holding information in confidence, not to be released to unauthorized individuals

guile

• a lessening or reduction in size; a decrease

• deceit; trickery

• a supporting structure

• a formula or set procedure

benign

• cautious; aware of potential consequences

• harmful, injurious, damaging

• composed of identical parts;

• harmless, kind, gentle

elucidate

• to lessen, condense, or shorten

• to clarify, explain

• to reveal, disclose, uncover

• to make (information) known; communicate; to transmit, relay

formulaic

• following a formula or set procedure

• harmless, kind, gentle

• deceit; trickery

• containing a mistake in logic; logically unsound; deceptive, misleading

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