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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. (adj.) - requiring tremendous strength or energy
latent
retaliation
strenuous
terrestrial
2. (adj.) - marked by special intelligence
ingenious
colossus
morose
paragon
3. (adj.) - disrespectfully bold
presumptuous
enervate
innate
commendable
4. (v.) - to criticize - scold - reproach
akimbo
uniform
aggregate
upbraid
5. (n.) - irritability - impoliteness
dynamic
abase
clairvoyant
petulance
6. (n.) - a fortune teller
malign
fortitude
seer
pique
7. (n.) - the unexpected changes and shifts often encountered in one's life
obdurate
canvas
vicissitudes
olfactory
8. (n.) - the study of insects
fey
scourge
bloated
entomology
9. (n.) - having only one spouse at a time
monogamy
dearth
peruse
celestial
10. (adj.) - ghostly
spectral
terse
irascible
feral
11. (n.) - the creation of new words - or a new word
captivate
neologism
torrid
sanguine
12. (adj.) - boring - dull
inimical
anomaly
forsake
tedious
13. (v.) - to reject - turn down
timorous
envious
repudiate
mores
14. (adj.) - agonizing - distressing
apparitional
guile
luminescence
harrowing
15. (n.) - an abnormal fear of open or public places
agoraphobia
desolate
forestall
parody
16. (n.) - compensation - reimbursement
reprehensible
empathy
restitution
colossus
17. (adj.) - FALSE but intended to seem believable or possible
callous
pedagogue
accommodating
spurious
18. (v.) - to show clearly
surmise
sacrosanct
discreet
manifest
19. (n.) - a conscious choice or decision
laud
circumspect
neonate
volition
20. (adj.) - with hands on hips and elbows extending outward
deft
harmony
nefarious
akimbo
21. (v.) - to increase or make larger
derelict
invective
augment
battery
22. (n.) - model of perfection
invective
ominous
paragon
olfactory
23. (n.) - one's work or professional calling
limpid
espouse
vocation
parody
24. (v.) - to improve - to make better
cavity
ameliorate
pulchritude
cursory
25. (adj.) - miniature - small
surmise
algid
ultimate
diminutive
26. (adj.) - struck by amazement or terror
aghast
abrogate
laudatory
pliable
27. (v.) - to decrease or make smaller
illusory
manifold
despondent
diminish
28. (n.) - a tendency - propensity
render
strife
inclination
gluttonous
29. (n.) - a great number - an abundance
plethora
limber
salient
fabricate
30. (v.) - to give in - to accept
premonition
concede
trek
meritorious
31. (adj.) - abundant
repulse
rife
discrete
perfunctory
32. (v.) - to tell a story
repudiate
pithy
mutability
narrate
33. (adj.) - astounded - stupefied
meager
flabbergasted
luminescence
altercation
34. (n.) - a pipe - passage - channel
noxious
recapitulate
exacerbate
conduit
35. (v.) - to make more violent - intense
exacerbate
unique
polygamy
exigent
36. (adj.) - compassionate
cosmopolitan
veracious
narrate
sympathetic
37. (v.) - to say - or to make
peregrinate
jubilant
buffet
render
38. (adj.) - harmful - toxic
dutiful
noxious
obsequious
spurious
39. (adj.) - intelligent - viable
renovate
cogent
reel
rectify
40. (v.) - to move in a smooth wavelike motion
reel
undulate
notoriety
dilapidated
41. (adj.) - careful - showing care
pariah
diligent
chastise
invective
42. (v.) - to gather - amass
succinct
aggregate
Zeitgeist
pertinacious
43. (adj.) - meriting strong displeasure
amend
verbose
odious
ruse
44. (adj.) - sacred - holy
synopsis
erroneous
amorous
sacrosanct
45. (adj.) - contentious - ready to fight
contusion
akimbo
upbraid
belligerent
46. (adj.) - large - ample
voluminous
buffet
impecunious
amble
47. (n.) - a common saying of advice or virtue
impervious
maxim
malicious
abundant
48. (adj.) - having a sharp - strong quality especially related to smell
pungent
grandiose
obdurate
propriety
49. (adj.) - prudent or inconspicuous
feral
judicious
uncanny
discreet
50. (adj.) - without shape or borders
amorphous
daunting
battery
variance