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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. (adj.) - overly sweet
abrogate
saccharine
tome
dynamic
2. (v.) - to improve - to make better
volition
trek
ameliorate
aghast
3. (v.) - to revel - to party
prestidigitation
carouse
toothsome
compel
4. (v.) - to change for the better - improve
amend
tenuous
buffet
portly
5. (n.) - the gradual return to health after illness
vigor
convalescence
bourgeois
plethora
6. (n.) - a teller of fables; a liar
magnanimous
impervious
fabulist
luminescence
7. (n.) - an argument - dispute
strife
anomaly
altercation
terrestrial
8. (n.) - something that does not fit into the normal order
obsequious
modicum
limpid
anomaly
9. (v.) - to applaud or praise
laud
swarthy
sagacious
narrate
10. (adj.) - excessively compliant or submissive
extravagant
brazen
ominous
obsequious
11. (n.) - deceitful actions or behavior
synopsis
alacrity
guile
hiatus
12. (adj.) - dangerously lacking in security or stability
ambivalent
mollify
precarious
vicissitudes
13. (adj.) - ghostly
goad
spectral
camaraderie
ubiquitous
14. (adj.) - inborn - native - inherent
innate
umbrage
indictment
connotation
15. (adj.) - abundant - plentiful
surmise
myopic
vast
copious
16. (adj.) - indecent - blasphemous
profane
henchman
morose
libel
17. (adj.) - separate - distinct - individual
forsake
fortuitous
discrete
masticate
18. (adj.) - no longer used or existing
render
sympathetic
lewd
defunct
19. (adj.) - readily taking on various shapes or forms
douse
hiatus
protean
tedious
20. (n.) - something that exists as a discrete unit
obsequious
amiable
entity
dictate
21. (v.) - to increase gradually in size or degree
wax
ambivalent
ultimate
repose
22. (adj.) - harmless
parody
innocuous
pungent
ratiocinate
23. (n.) - the last part - or a fundamental element
surreptitious
ultimate
diminutive
noisome
24. (n.) - physical beauty
pulchritude
antechamber
pique
repose
25. (n.) - anger - offense - resentment
neologism
frenetic
umbrage
innate
26. (n.) - a presentiment of the future
myopic
extol
juxtapose
premonition
27. (n.) - an attempt to defame another's reputation
akimbo
colossus
guile
calumny
28. (n.) - noise - discordant sound
cacophony
precarious
celestial
sycophant
29. (adj.) - stormy - bad - severe
matrimony
limpid
inclement
odious
30. (adj.) - showing little enthusiasm - done as duty
fickle
metamorphosis
stupefy
perfunctory
31. (adj.) - struck by amazement or terror
aghast
savor
belligerent
battery
32. (adj.) - friendly - affable
swarthy
amiable
algid
feign
33. (adj.) - arousing fear or alarm
formidable
aphorism
accentuate
benevolent
34. (adj.) - existing everywhere - widespread
cacophony
ubiquitous
pugnacious
cursory
35. (adj.) - to spread throughout
pervasive
inclination
notoriety
inextricable
36. (v.) - to restrain - chain - tie
foster
pellucid
fetter
facile
37. (v.) - to frolic - leap - prance
tedious
cavort
pungent
seer
38. (v.) - to agree
accede
seminal
relish
alacrity
39. (n.) - a tendency - partiality - preference
penchant
misogyny
abide
confluence
40. (adj.) - extraordinary - grand in scope
abbreviate
grandiose
diminutive
dynamic
41. (adj.) - loud - energetic
tenuous
enervate
Zeitgeist
boisterous
42. (v.) - to cause disgust or distaste - or to drive back - repel
saccharine
strife
repulse
upbraid
43. (n.) - and energy - vigor.
diaphanous
firmament
ubiquitous
vim
44. (n.) - vengeance - revenge - payback
retribution
euphoric
obfuscate
masticate
45. (adj.) - extravagant
neonate
mandatory
rustic
lavish
46. (v.) - to slander - to smear - to libel - to defame - to speak evil of
malign
arbitrator
ruse
radiant
47. (adj.) - worthy of praise
lachrymose
exorbitant
commendable
flux
48. (adj.) - relating to the sense of smell
refrain
olfactory
swarthy
apocalypse
49. (adj.) - eager to fight - violent
truculent
impervious
brazen
austere
50. (adj.) - unyielding to persuasion or moral influences
obdurate
aghast
delude
commodious