SSAT Study Set 3

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Dire

1. Dreadful, terrible 2. Urgent

Benighted

1. Surrounded by darkness 2. Ignorant

Assimilate

1. To absorb and incorporate; digest 2. To make like or alike

Confiscate

1. To seize (private property) for public treasury 2. To seize by authority; appropriate

Awry

1. With a twist to a side; askew 2. Wrong; amiss

Allege

to declare or assert, esp. Without proof

Assuage

to lessen (pain, etc.)

Ameliorate

to make or become better

Debilitating

to make weak; enervate

Capsize

to overturn or upset: said esp. of a boat

Discern

to percieve or recognize clearly

Disdain

to regard as beneath one's dignity; scorn

Abjure

to renounce, to give something up

Deface

to spoil the look of

Banter

to tease playfully

Cogitate

to think deeply (about); ponder

Avert

to turn (the eyes, etc.) away

Covet

to want ardently (something another person has)

Cognizant

Knowledgeable about something especially through personal experience

Apathy

Lack of emotion

Barter

To trade by exchanging (goods) without money

Deplete

To use up (funds; etc.)

Coalesce

Together; to unite into a single body or group

Deceptive

tending or having the power to decieve

Anarchy

the abscence of government

Dialect

the form of a spoken language peculiar to a region, social group, etc.

Apex

the highest point

Antitheis

the opposite

Bleak

Exposed to wind and cold; bare

Boon

A gift

Belligerent

At war

Audacious

Bold; daring

Discreet

Careful about what one says or does; prudent

Cogent

Convincingly to the point

Benign

Good

Blithe

Happy

Adamant

Hard; stubborn

Dexterous

Having or showing deterity; adroit

Ambiguous

Having two or more meaning

Avuncular

Helpful, friendly (like an uncle)

Candid

Honest; frank

Amiss

In a wrong way

Contiguous

In contact; touching

Counsel

Mutual exchange of ideas, etc; discussion

Agile

Nimble, quick

Bizarre

Odd, grotesque; eccentric

Connoisseur

One who has expert knowledge and keen discrimination esp. in the fine arts

Bigot

One who holds blindly and intolerantly to particular creed, opinion, etc.

Affliction

Pain; suffering

Ardor

Passion

Akin

Related by blood: descended from a common ancestor or prototype

Discrete

Seperate and distinct; unrelated

Component

Serving as one of the parts of a whole

Acrid

Sharp or bitter to the taste or smell

Diminutive

Small

Capricious

Subject to caprices, changing one's mind quickly and often, erratic

Circumlocution

Talking in a roundabout way

Credulous

Tending to believe too readily

Chaff

Threshed or winowed husks of grain

Aspire

To be ambitious

Allot

To distribute

Debunk

To expose the false or exagerrated claims, etc. of

Congeal

To freeze

Deter

To keep or discourage (a person) from doing something through fear, doubt, etc.

Accord

To make agree; mutual agreement

Console

To make feel less sad or dissapointed; comfort

Clarify

To make or become clear

Augment

To make or become greater

Disgruntled

To make peevishly discontented; make sulky

Defer

To postpone; delay

Chastise

To punish esp. by beating

Culminate

To reach its highest point or climax

Dispatch

To send promptly, as on an errand

Assess

To set an estimated value on (property; etc.) for taxation

Deploy

To spread out so as to form a wider front

Avid

Very eager or greedy

Brisk

Vigorous, energetic

Bellicose

Warlike

Breach

a break; to break

Citadel

a fortress

Decree

an official order or decision

Consensus

an opinion held by most

Crusade

any of the Christian military expeditions (11th-13th cent.) To recover the Holy Land from the Muslems

Dilemma

any situation requiring a choice between unpleasant alternatives

Articulate

clear in speech

Clad

clothed; dressed

Crucial

decisive; critical

Blatant

disagreeably loud; noisy

Apocryphal

doubtful in authencity

Chagrin

embarrassment due to dissapointment

Debut

first appearance

Concur

to agree

Adept

highly skilled; an expert

Arbitrary

left to one's judgement

Adjacent

near or close to

Advocate

one who pleads another's cause or in support of something

Capacious

roomy; spacious

Decipher

same as decode; to make out the meaning

Deft

skillful

Adroit

skillful and clever


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