SSAT Elementary Level and ISEE Lower
Level Vocabulary
abandon - answerto leave forever
acknowledge - answerto admit to be real or true
adhesive - answercoated with a sticky substance
admire - answerto regard with pleasure
aggravate - answerto make worse
ail - answerto cause pain
aimless - answerwithout aim
alarmed - answera sudden fear
alter - answerto make different
approximate - answernearly exact
assert - answerto state with assurance
assured - answerguaranteed
astonish - answerto fill with surprise
audible - answercapable of being heard
authentic - answernot false or copied
barrier - answeran obstacle
benign - answerkind
betray - answertreachery or disloyalty
bewilder - answerto confuse completely
, biased - answerprejudiced
blunt - answernot sharp
brittle - answerhard with little strength
cautious - answershowing carefulness
censor - answerperson who watches the morality of others, shows, books, etc.
conceal - answerto hide
condescending - answerpatronizing
confine - answerlimit or restrict
contented - answersatisfied
contradiction - answerthe act of opposition
cunning - answersneaky
debate - answercontrolled argument
debt - answersomething that is owed
deceive - answerto mislead
decline - answerdeny consent to
deficient - answerlacking; defective
delicate - answerfragile
despair - answerloss of hope
detrimental - answerdamaging
devotion - answercommitment
disgraced - answerloss of respect
dismayed - answerdishearten thorougly
distort - answerto twist out of shape
Level Vocabulary
abandon - answerto leave forever
acknowledge - answerto admit to be real or true
adhesive - answercoated with a sticky substance
admire - answerto regard with pleasure
aggravate - answerto make worse
ail - answerto cause pain
aimless - answerwithout aim
alarmed - answera sudden fear
alter - answerto make different
approximate - answernearly exact
assert - answerto state with assurance
assured - answerguaranteed
astonish - answerto fill with surprise
audible - answercapable of being heard
authentic - answernot false or copied
barrier - answeran obstacle
benign - answerkind
betray - answertreachery or disloyalty
bewilder - answerto confuse completely
, biased - answerprejudiced
blunt - answernot sharp
brittle - answerhard with little strength
cautious - answershowing carefulness
censor - answerperson who watches the morality of others, shows, books, etc.
conceal - answerto hide
condescending - answerpatronizing
confine - answerlimit or restrict
contented - answersatisfied
contradiction - answerthe act of opposition
cunning - answersneaky
debate - answercontrolled argument
debt - answersomething that is owed
deceive - answerto mislead
decline - answerdeny consent to
deficient - answerlacking; defective
delicate - answerfragile
despair - answerloss of hope
detrimental - answerdamaging
devotion - answercommitment
disgraced - answerloss of respect
dismayed - answerdishearten thorougly
distort - answerto twist out of shape