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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. (v.) - to frolic - leap - prance
concede
meager
suffice
cavort
2. (v.) - to fake or pretend to
battery
feign
abase
preponderance
3. (adj.) - hasty or lacking in sensitivity
gourmand
brash
telepathic
obfuscate
4. (v.) - to clarify
elucidate
abate
domicile
prestidigitation
5. (adj.) - impoverished
brazen
destitute
licentious
lull
6. (adj.) - short - abrupt - dismissive
anxiety
irascible
ruse
brusque
7. (n.) - something that holds separate things together
elucidate
relish
linchpin
formidable
8. (adj.) - lucky - occurring by chance
fortuitous
strenuous
choreographed
parody
9. (adj.) - young or immature
compliment
juvenile
gourmand
vicissitudes
10. (n.) - strength - bravery
espouse
vicissitudes
fortitude
boisterous
11. (v.) - to stimulate - promote - encourage
foster
propriety
calumny
boisterous
12. (n.) - an abnormal fear of open or public places
abort
agoraphobia
pervasive
abscond
13. (n.) - a trick
reprehensible
ruse
wane
winsome
14. (adj.) - inclined to lie or mislead
mendacious
seer
espouse
narrate
15. (v.) - to strengthen
canvas
precarious
fortify
cajole
16. (v.) - to exclude from a community
claustrophobia
ostracize
recapitulate
immutable
17. (v.) - to slander - to smear - to libel - to defame - to speak evil of
bilk
malign
pacify
flattery
18. (adj.) - separate - distinct - individual
uncanny
profane
forestall
discrete
19. (v.) - to destroy the reputation of
defame
diligent
feign
surreptitious
20. (adj.) - insatiable in appetite
sordid
vim
gluttonous
gay
21. (adj.) - calm - serene - peaceful
tranquil
licentious
veracious
inveterate
22. (adj.) - foreboding or foreshadowing evil - portentous
conciliatory
ominous
amalgamation
espouse
23. (v.) - to increase gradually in size or degree
morose
wax
invective
fecund
24. (v.) - to urge - to provoke into action
arbitrator
dissonance
forage
goad
25. (adj.) - frenzied - hectic - frantic
belligerent
frenetic
cogent
formidable
26. (adj.) - significant - conspicuous
dilapidated
ambivalent
quotidian
salient
27. (n.) - a pipe - passage - channel
sedate
firmament
conduit
domicile
28. (n.) - compliments - sycophancy
taciturn
profane
flattery
espy
29. (adj.) - foreboding or foreshadowing evil - ominous
aghast
collusion
malicious
portentous
30. (adj.) - prudent or inconspicuous
discreet
assuage
cacophony
hiatus
31. (adj.) - winding - twisted
tortuous
Zeitgeist
wane
feral
32. (v.) - to appreciate fully - enjoy
aberration
conduit
savor
poised
33. (v.) - to drench - saturate
supplant
accede
vim
douse
34. (n.) - the art of judging human character from facial features
grotto
physiognomy
presage
protean
35. (n.) - marriage
blandish
matrimony
dynamic
frenetic
36. (adj.) - unlucky
hapless
amend
euphoric
obsequious
37. (v.) - to flood
stagnant
cajole
inundate
diminutive
38. (adj.) - excessive - over-the-top
extravagant
obdurate
morose
boisterous
39. (v.) - to scold severely
lull
amalgamation
berate
compliment
40. (adj.) - serving as an example
entity
augment
malign
exemplary
41. (adj.) - tearful
lachrymose
dynamic
guile
hedonist
42. (n.) - a poet - often a singer as well
mendacious
grotto
bard
toothsome
43. (n.) - capability of change
dearth
mutability
fabricate
circumlocution
44. (adj.) - incorrect - misleading
maudlin
fallacious
erroneous
idolatrous
45. (v.) - to lower - demean - degrade
recapitulate
ruse
abase
savor
46. (adj.) - calm - tranquil
augment
prudent
preponderance
placid
47. (adj.) - equivalent in value or significance
tantamount
repudiate
daunting
malleable
48. (n.) - an excess - a surplus - an overabundance
licentious
surfeit
camaraderie
metamorphosis
49. (n.) - one who likes eating and drinking
obsequious
olfactory
gourmand
iniquity
50. (adj.) - immature
mediate
ethereal
puerile
cacophony