SSAT test words 3
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- Dill
- a type of herb
- throng
- a large group of people gathered or crowded closely
- integrate
- combine; to become one
- Alias
- another name used to conceal one's true identity
- vacillate
- to change continuously in mind or opinion
- volatile
- easily evaporated at normal temperature
- intermittently
- stopping or ceasing for a time
- null
- zero;nothing; zero value
- Lament
- deplore; to regret deeply about
- squander
- waste money or time in a foolish manner
- torrent
- A turbulent swift-flowing stream
- quiver
- where arrows are kept
- petrified
- to benumb or paralyze with astonishment, horror, or other strong emotion
- mar
- mutilate;spoil
- inadvertent
- not achieved through planning
- amorphous
- no real shape
- sporadic
- appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time
- ruffle
- to destroy the smootheness of
- impose
- require
- ephemeral
- lasting a very short time
- hovel
- dump
- aspirant
- an ambitious person
- impious
- no respect for god
- creed
- a system of christian or other religious belief
- sedate
- to calm; pacify
- immaculate
- perfectly clean
- locomotion
- moving; transport
- commonwealth
- a group of soverign states and their dependencies associated by their own choice linked with comon objectives and interests
- itinerant
- moving from place to place, nomadic
- quarry
- where stones are found
- Trifle
- deal with lightly
- shrewd
- perspicacious, smart
- wiley
- cunning
- ardent
- having or, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate;
- relapse
- to fall or slip back into a former state
- Dogged
- stubbornly perservering
- splicing
- join together or unite
- indecent
- improper
- repress
- to calm by force
- Brash
- rude; noisy
- incendiary
- designed to set fires
- prevalent
- widespread; ongoing
- hoarse
- husky voice
- discreet
- careful in one's speech or actions in order to avoid offending or to gain advantage
- frivolous
- characterized by lack of seriousness or sense
- rectify
- to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct
- decoy
- a bird or mammal; or immitation of one
- mendicant
- begging;
- Irate
- enraged; angry
- abdicate
- renounce one's throne
- muddled
- bring into a confusing and disordered state
- azure
- bright blue
- lapel
- the part of a clothing that overlaps the chest
- margarine
- a butterlike product made of refined vegetable oils, sometimes blended with animal fats, and emulsified, usually with water or milk
- corpulent
- fat; obese
- republic
- a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them
- furnace
- a stucture in which heat is generated
- lawsuit
- a case in a court of law involving a claim
- incompetent
- not having or showing neccesary skills to do something skillfully
- vivacity
- liveliness;animation; sprightliness
- Therapeutic
- relating or curing of disease; curative
- ruminate
- to think deeply about something
- erect
- upright in position or posture
- solitude
- the state of being or living alone
- reside
- having one's particular home in a particualar place
- statesman
- a person who is experienced in the art of government or versed in the administration of govenment affairs
- belligerent
- hostile, agressive
- inclement
- unpleasantly cold or wet
- philanthropic
- generous in assistance to the poor
- recalcitrant
- not obedient to authority
- epoch
- a particular period of time marked by distinctive features
- brig
- a two masted square rigged ship
- confidential
- secret;secrative
- duct
- a connection between two things
- conduct
- personal behavior; way of acting
- Affiliation
- being connected or attached
- Flax
- a slender, standing, annual plant having narrow lance shaped leaves and blue flowers,
- transact
- conduct or carryout business
- incumbent
- neccesary
- draftsman
- a person employed in making mechanical drawings
- destitute
- without means of subsistence; lacking food, clothing, and shelter
- compensate
- to offset; counterbalance
- antiquity
- the quality of being ancient
- egress
- action of going out or leaving a place
- repudiate
- to cast off; disown
- fortnight
- two weeks
- demoralize
- to deprive of spirit, courage, discipline
- gracious
- pleasantly kind, benvolent, and courteous
- moderation
- the smallest amount; avoiding to use a lot
- Imbibe
- to consume by drinking; drink
- burnish
- to polish
- writhe
- to squirm in pain
- inability
- lack of ability
- astute
- acurately assess situations
- coalesce
- to combine; to merge together
- fluctuate
- to change back and forth
- scull
- a racing boat
- timepiece
- an instrument used for telling time
- morgue
- where corpses are kept
- grope for
- feel about or search uncertainly with the hands
- emaciate
- thin; skeletal