SSAT Study Set 3
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
