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SSAT Vocab
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ssat
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. (n.) - a trusted follower - goon
tedious
henchman
narrate
myriad
2. (adj.) - struck by amazement or terror
notoriety
ominous
aggrandize
aghast
3. (adj.) - short - abrupt - dismissive
brusque
abide
forage
invective
4. (v.) - to sneak away and hide
tedious
uniform
abduct
abscond
5. (adj.) - sitting
sedentary
affable
loquacious
feign
6. (adj.) - frenzied - hectic - frantic
douse
familial
harmony
frenetic
7. (adj.) - balanced - readied
mimic
lachrymose
poised
cursory
8. (n.) - a change of form - shape - substance
soothsayer
anomaly
metamorphosis
juvenile
9. (adj.) - fearful - timid
sagacious
volition
fecund
timorous
10. (n.) - a relatively calm interval - as in a storm
tranquil
lull
obsequious
goad
11. (v.) - to flood
inundate
persevere
narrate
sycophant
12. (adj.) - silly - foolish
bourgeois
fatuous
abide
pungent
13. (v.) - to change for the better - improve
submissive
prestidigitation
amend
profuse
14. (n.) - a tendency - partiality - preference
allay
guile
penchant
divergent
15. (adj.) - mistaken - incorrect
erroneous
reprehensible
surmise
odious
16. (n.) - a state of constant change or a flow
lethargic
flux
renovate
gay
17. (adj.) - not susceptible to change
circumlocution
notoriety
obfuscate
immutable
18. (v.) - to appreciate fully - enjoy
subsist
savor
lewd
parody
19. (adj.) - extraordinary - grand in scope
labyrinthine
frenetic
grandiose
bard
20. (adj.) - middle class
magnanimous
algid
bourgeois
variegate
21. (v.) - to hunt or fish illegally
poach
grandiose
diverse
cursory
22. (adj.) - hopelessly confused or tangled
inextricable
irascible
complicit
exacerbate
23. (adj.) - agonizing - distressing
vast
slander
euphoric
harrowing
24. (adj.) - harmful - toxic
taciturn
brusque
noxious
calumny
25. (v.) - to lessen - to reduce in severity
concoct
abate
fortitude
tranquil
26. (adj.) - large - ample
facile
idolatrous
voluminous
vicarious
27. (adj.) - offering unwanted help or service
bard
salutation
officious
exorbitant
28. (v.) - to guess - infer - suppose
circumspect
gluttonous
notoriety
surmise
29. (adj.) - easy
convalescence
obfuscate
facile
figurative
30. (adj.) - flexible - bendable
pithy
aghast
maudlin
pliable
31. (v.) - to chew
flattery
saccharine
amorphous
masticate
32. (adj.) - in great numbers
abundant
exorbitant
atone
inquisitor
33. (n.) - something that exists as a discrete unit
aloof
sympathetic
seminal
entity
34. (n.) - strength - bravery
fortitude
tragedy
boisterous
noisome
35. (v.) - to shorten - cut down
abridge
ruse
anomaly
radiant
36. (n.) - a great number - an abundance
munificent
lachrymose
nefarious
plethora
37. (adj.) - having a healthy - reddish color
diminish
buffet
ostracize
ruddy
38. (n.) - vengeance - revenge - payback
perfunctory
malicious
empathetic
retribution
39. (adj.) - characterized by changeableness - whimsical
fickle
quaint
deft
whet
40. (v.) - to clarify
atone
deluge
elucidate
retract
41. (n.)- - very small amount
pittance
cursory
loquacious
harmony
42. (adj.) - run-down - abandoned
derelict
prestidigitation
cajole
seminal
43. (v.) - to calm - soothe
facile
abrogate
immaculate
sedate
44. (adj.) - old-fashioned
amiable
quaint
myopic
figurative
45. (v.) - to make more violent - intense
vacillate
metamorphosis
exacerbate
foster
46. (v.) - to take zestful pleasure in - enjoy the flavor of
antechamber
relish
profuse
laud
47. (v.) - to put next to each other
juxtapose
accede
flout
brumal
48. (adj.) - excessive - over-the-top
enervate
flattery
limber
extravagant
49. (adj.) - enormous - immense
judicious
inquisitor
clairvoyant
vast
50. (adj.) - agreeable - friendly
conciliatory
vast
inextricable
circumlocution