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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. (n.) - a ranking system of groups or individuals
inextricable
hierarchy
truculent
fabulist
2. (v.) - to destroy the reputation of
illusory
ruddy
defame
presumptuous
3. (n.) - a tendency - partiality - preference
bourgeois
malign
stagnate
penchant
4. (n.) - the unexpected changes and shifts often encountered in one's life
amiable
bourgeois
vicissitudes
munificent
5. (adj.) - amoral - lawless - lewd
licentious
inundate
diaphanous
linchpin
6. (n.) - agreement - often of sound
harmony
malaise
forlorn
inextricable
7. (v.) - to improve - to make better
sagacious
telepathic
ameliorate
colossus
8. (adj.) - silly - foolish
repudiate
fatuous
celestial
tragedy
9. (adj.) - kind - good - caring
trek
morose
benevolent
collusion
10. (n.) - a lack - scarcity
surmise
dearth
celestial
exorbitant
11. (adj.) - frenzied - hectic - frantic
frenetic
fetter
forestall
defame
12. (n.) - something that holds separate things together
concord
linchpin
forestall
complicit
13. (v.) - to open the mouth and stare stupidly
vivacious
poach
gape
aberration
14. (n.) - anger - offense - resentment
umbrage
spectral
pique
neologism
15. (adj.) - done in a secret - or stealthy way
abhor
surreptitious
fatuous
cursory
16. (v.) - to revel - to party
premonition
carouse
trek
fey
17. (adj.) - different - deviating - contrary
monogamy
divergent
persevere
illusory
18. (n.) - someone who asks questions or makes an inquiry
brusque
exemplary
inquisitor
matrimony
19. (n.) - total devastation - the end of the world
facile
coalesce
apocalypse
bereft
20. (adj.) - in great numbers
forestall
vocation
abundant
quaint
21. (adj.) - bright - beaming
dictate
radiant
obdurate
harmony
22. (adj.) - quick and changeable in temperament
cogent
mercurial
accentuate
impecunious
23. (v.) - to increase or make larger
veracious
colossus
augment
bloated
24. (n.) - one who likes eating and drinking
gourmand
luminescence
buffet
pithy
25. (adj.) - happy - cheery - or homosexual
gay
purport
placid
concord
26. (adj.) - fearful - timid
tranquil
cursory
brumal
timorous
27. (adj.) - contentious - ready to fight
deluge
belligerent
limpid
pulchritude
28. (adj.) - middle class
bourgeois
maudlin
ambivalent
rancid
29. (adj.) - calm - serene - peaceful
tranquil
amorous
satiate
render
30. (v.) - to soften in temper
fortitude
immutable
pungent
mollify
31. (v.) - to persist - remain constant
persevere
bard
cliche
odious
32. (n.) - revenge - punishment
histrionic
capricious
retaliation
neologism
33. (v.) - to readjust or make corrections to
recalibrate
sympathy
flabbergasted
hiemal
34. (adj.) - relating to family
gape
confound
permeate
familial
35. (n.) - compliments - sycophancy
upbraid
immaculate
callous
flattery
36. (n.) - a state of constant change or a flow
flux
malicious
diminutive
scourge
37. (adj.) - harmful - threatening
vicarious
baleful
quotidian
dearth
38. (adj.) - foul - offensive - particularly to the sense of smell
labyrinthine
punctilious
noisome
saccharine
39. (n.) - a summary
synopsis
compliment
wane
benevolent
40. (adj.) - excessively poor
travesty
ruddy
impecunious
infuse
41. (adj.) - extraordinary - grand in scope
juvenile
obsequious
grandiose
fallacious
42. (n.) - a trite - overused expression
cliche
assuage
mendacious
latent
43. (v.) - to clarify
boisterous
figurative
enervated
elucidate
44. (adj.) - savage - wild - untamed
brumal
feral
recapitulate
synopsis
45. (n.) - an assault or an array of similar things intended for use together
battery
differentiate
spectral
sympathetic
46. (n.) - a wicked act - a sin
sedentary
iniquity
fortify
ingenious
47. (adj.) - critical - urgent
excursion
cavort
exigent
benign
48. (v.) - to sway from one side to another
maudlin
abase
vacillate
predestination
49. (adj.) - indecent - blasphemous
timorous
profane
histrionic
slander
50. (v.) - to astound
enervated
stupefy
facile
peregrinate