SSAT Vocabulary 1&2
Terms
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- ailing
- ill and not improving
- allude
- to refer casually or indirectly; make an allusion
- barracks
- a building or group of buildings for lodging soldiers, esp. in garrison
- agrarians
- a person who favors equitable distribution of land
- alacrity
- eagerness or enthusiasm; great willingness
- arduous
- needing much effort or energy over a period of time
- amorphous
- lacking definite form; having no specific shape; formless
- amend
- to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from a motion, bill, constitution, and etc. by formal procedure
- belittle
- to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicated; depreciate
- abrasive
- rough in texture, grating; annoying or overly aggressive personality
- archery
- the art practice, or skill of an archer
- ambassador
- a diplomatic official of the highest rank, sent by one sovereign or state to another as its resident representatives
- archetype
- the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies; prototype
- belligerent
- quarrelsome; showing an eagerness to fight or argue; aggressive
- alleviate
- to make easier to endure; lessen
- ascetic
- not allowing oneself pleasure and comforts; having or involving a very simple life
- austere
- stern and cold in appearance or manner; morally strict
- ammunition
- the material fired, scattered, dropped or detonated from any weapon, as bombs or rockets, and esp. shots, bullets or shells fired by guns
- anomalous
- not fitting into a common or familiar type, classification or pattern; unusual
- antipathy
- a feeling of intense dislike
- abject
- conditions being terrible, extreme; completely without success
- agent
- a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf
- banal
- lacking originality, freshness or novelty
- apprenticeship
- a person who works for another in order to learn a trade
- authorize
- to give authority or official power to; empower
- adverse
- opposed to one's interests; unfavorable or antagonistic in purpose or effect
- awning
- a shelter; a plastic, canvas or metal porch or shade supported by a metal fame and often foldable, placed over a storefront, doorway, window, etc.
- avian
- of or pertaining to birds
- ameliorate
- to make something better
- archives
- documents or records relating to the activities, business dealings, etc., of a person, family, corporation, association, community, or nation
- bailiff
- an officer, similar to a sheriff's deputy, employed to execute write and processes, make arrests, keep order in the court, etc.
- audacity
- showing willingness to take risks; bold; showing lack of respect
- abstemious
- marked by restraint esp. in the consumption of food or alcohol; not doing or having too much of something one likes or enjoys
- anthem
- a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism
- asset
- something of monetary value that is owned by a firm or an individual
- affix
- to put or add on; append
- accolade
- any award; a mark of acknowledgment; a ceremonial embrace
- auspicious
- showing signs of future success; favorable, promising
- accelerator
- automotive device, usually operated by the foot, for controlling speed of an engine
- asylum
- an inviolable refuge, as formerly for criminals and debtors
- barometer
- an instrument for mearsuring atmospheric pressure
- agog
- highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, anticipation, etc.
- affable
- being pleasant and at ease in talking to others; characterized by ease and friendliness
- abolish
- to do away with; put an end to; annul; make void
- adhesive
- coated with glue, paste or other sticky substance
- addendum
- a thing to be added; an addition
- audition
- a trial hearing given to a singer, actor, or other performer to test suitability for emplyment, professional training of competition
- agape
- wide open
- abstruse
- hard to understand
- amenable
- willing to agree; submissive
- archipelago
- a group of islands
- abate
- to become less intense
- astute
- having or showing shrewdness and discernment
- adulate
- to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire greatly
- abyss
- a deep space
- augment
- to make greater, more numerous, larger or more intense
- assiduous
- working hard and showing careful attention to detail
- acrid
- sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or order; violently
- appraise
- to establish the monetary value of; determine the worth of; asses
- antecedent
- preceding; prior