SSAT UPPER LEVEL VOCABULARY WORDS TEST PAPER
2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Taunt - ✔✔a remark made in order to anger, wound, or provoke someone
✔✔Abhor - ✔✔hate
✔✔Approximate - ✔✔estimate or guess
✔✔Censor - ✔✔to cut out unacceptable parts of something
✔✔Deceive - ✔✔to trick someone
✔✔Economize - ✔✔to save money
✔✔Foreseen - ✔✔to predict
✔✔Imply - ✔✔insinutate
✔✔Lofty - ✔✔tall/high
✔✔Overbearing - ✔✔dominating
✔✔Reject - ✔✔to turn down or refuse something
✔✔Rue - ✔✔regret
✔✔Tenacious - ✔✔to keep a firm hold on something
✔✔Abrupt - ✔✔a sudden action
✔✔Arbitrary - ✔✔random
✔✔Chagrin - ✔✔distress or embarrassment at having failed or been humiliated
✔✔Decline - ✔✔a decrease in something
✔✔Egotist - ✔✔a person who is excessively conceited or self-absorbed
✔✔Forge - ✔✔falsify
✔✔Impulsive - ✔✔acting or done without forethought
,✔✔Lucrative - ✔✔producing a great deal of profit
✔✔Overt - ✔✔done or shown openly
✔✔Reluctant - ✔✔unwilling and hesitant
✔✔Ruminate - ✔✔think deeply about something
✔✔Terse - ✔✔abrupt
✔✔Abundant - ✔✔existing or available in large quantities
✔✔Arid - ✔✔having little or no rain or lacking in interest, excitement, or meaning
✔✔Chasm - ✔✔a profound difference between people, viewpoints, feelings, etc.
✔✔Decree - ✔✔an official order issued by a legal authority
✔✔Egress - ✔✔exit
✔✔Formulae - ✔✔a method, statement, or procedure for achieving something
✔✔Inane - ✔✔silly, stupid
✔✔Luminous - ✔✔full of or shedding light; bright or shining
✔✔Pacify - ✔✔to quell anger, agitation, or excitement
✔✔Reminisce - ✔✔to remember
✔✔Ruse - ✔✔an action intended to deceive someone
✔✔Testify to - ✔✔give evidence as a witness in a law court
✔✔Adept - ✔✔skillful
✔✔Plight - ✔✔a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation
✔✔Tact - ✔✔thoughtfulness, consideration
✔✔Euphemism - ✔✔a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one
considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or
embarrassing
,✔✔Pinnacle - ✔✔peak
✔✔Belligerent - ✔✔hostile and aggressive
✔✔Utilitarian - ✔✔designed to be useful or practical rather than attractive
✔✔Ephemeral - ✔✔lasting for a very short time
✔✔Smite - ✔✔hit
✔✔Corral - ✔✔enclosure
✔✔Jaunty - ✔✔cheerful
✔✔Fiendish - ✔✔extremely cruel
✔✔Ample - ✔✔enough or more that enough
✔✔Deficient - ✔✔not having enough
✔✔Milliner - ✔✔a person who makes or sells women's hats
✔✔Apiary - ✔✔a place where bees are kept
✔✔Divulge - ✔✔to make something known or to reveal
✔✔Perplexed - ✔✔Very puzzled
✔✔Pragmatic - ✔✔dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based
on practical rather than theoretical considerations
✔✔Consensus - ✔✔general agreement
✔✔Gratified - ✔✔give someone pleasure or satisfaction
✔✔Condone - ✔✔accept or allow something that is usually considered wrong or
offensive
✔✔Haphazard - ✔✔lacking any principle of organization
✔✔Articulate - ✔✔having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently
, ✔✔Innocuous - ✔✔not harmful or offensive
✔✔Repudiate - ✔✔refuse to accept or be associated with
✔✔Integrate - ✔✔combine 2 things together
✔✔Vivacious - ✔✔attractively lively and animated
✔✔Babble - ✔✔talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible
way
✔✔Intractable - ✔✔hard to control or deal with
✔✔Yield - ✔✔produce or give into something
✔✔Barren - ✔✔unproductive or worthless
✔✔Vindicate - ✔✔to clear someone of blame or suspicion
✔✔Venture - ✔✔a risky or daring journey or undertaking
✔✔Trite - ✔✔overused and consequently of little import; lacking originality
✔✔Altruistic - ✔✔selfless
✔✔Vilified - ✔✔speak or write about in an abusively derogatory manner
✔✔Enigma - ✔✔a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand
✔✔Hasten - ✔✔be quick to do something
✔✔Germane - ✔✔relevant
✔✔Mundane - ✔✔dull or boring
✔✔Voracious - ✔✔wanting or devouring great quantities of food
✔✔Meticulous - ✔✔showing great attention to detail
✔✔Capricious - ✔✔given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior
(fickle)
✔✔Impoverished - ✔✔to make something poor
2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Taunt - ✔✔a remark made in order to anger, wound, or provoke someone
✔✔Abhor - ✔✔hate
✔✔Approximate - ✔✔estimate or guess
✔✔Censor - ✔✔to cut out unacceptable parts of something
✔✔Deceive - ✔✔to trick someone
✔✔Economize - ✔✔to save money
✔✔Foreseen - ✔✔to predict
✔✔Imply - ✔✔insinutate
✔✔Lofty - ✔✔tall/high
✔✔Overbearing - ✔✔dominating
✔✔Reject - ✔✔to turn down or refuse something
✔✔Rue - ✔✔regret
✔✔Tenacious - ✔✔to keep a firm hold on something
✔✔Abrupt - ✔✔a sudden action
✔✔Arbitrary - ✔✔random
✔✔Chagrin - ✔✔distress or embarrassment at having failed or been humiliated
✔✔Decline - ✔✔a decrease in something
✔✔Egotist - ✔✔a person who is excessively conceited or self-absorbed
✔✔Forge - ✔✔falsify
✔✔Impulsive - ✔✔acting or done without forethought
,✔✔Lucrative - ✔✔producing a great deal of profit
✔✔Overt - ✔✔done or shown openly
✔✔Reluctant - ✔✔unwilling and hesitant
✔✔Ruminate - ✔✔think deeply about something
✔✔Terse - ✔✔abrupt
✔✔Abundant - ✔✔existing or available in large quantities
✔✔Arid - ✔✔having little or no rain or lacking in interest, excitement, or meaning
✔✔Chasm - ✔✔a profound difference between people, viewpoints, feelings, etc.
✔✔Decree - ✔✔an official order issued by a legal authority
✔✔Egress - ✔✔exit
✔✔Formulae - ✔✔a method, statement, or procedure for achieving something
✔✔Inane - ✔✔silly, stupid
✔✔Luminous - ✔✔full of or shedding light; bright or shining
✔✔Pacify - ✔✔to quell anger, agitation, or excitement
✔✔Reminisce - ✔✔to remember
✔✔Ruse - ✔✔an action intended to deceive someone
✔✔Testify to - ✔✔give evidence as a witness in a law court
✔✔Adept - ✔✔skillful
✔✔Plight - ✔✔a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation
✔✔Tact - ✔✔thoughtfulness, consideration
✔✔Euphemism - ✔✔a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one
considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or
embarrassing
,✔✔Pinnacle - ✔✔peak
✔✔Belligerent - ✔✔hostile and aggressive
✔✔Utilitarian - ✔✔designed to be useful or practical rather than attractive
✔✔Ephemeral - ✔✔lasting for a very short time
✔✔Smite - ✔✔hit
✔✔Corral - ✔✔enclosure
✔✔Jaunty - ✔✔cheerful
✔✔Fiendish - ✔✔extremely cruel
✔✔Ample - ✔✔enough or more that enough
✔✔Deficient - ✔✔not having enough
✔✔Milliner - ✔✔a person who makes or sells women's hats
✔✔Apiary - ✔✔a place where bees are kept
✔✔Divulge - ✔✔to make something known or to reveal
✔✔Perplexed - ✔✔Very puzzled
✔✔Pragmatic - ✔✔dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based
on practical rather than theoretical considerations
✔✔Consensus - ✔✔general agreement
✔✔Gratified - ✔✔give someone pleasure or satisfaction
✔✔Condone - ✔✔accept or allow something that is usually considered wrong or
offensive
✔✔Haphazard - ✔✔lacking any principle of organization
✔✔Articulate - ✔✔having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently
, ✔✔Innocuous - ✔✔not harmful or offensive
✔✔Repudiate - ✔✔refuse to accept or be associated with
✔✔Integrate - ✔✔combine 2 things together
✔✔Vivacious - ✔✔attractively lively and animated
✔✔Babble - ✔✔talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible
way
✔✔Intractable - ✔✔hard to control or deal with
✔✔Yield - ✔✔produce or give into something
✔✔Barren - ✔✔unproductive or worthless
✔✔Vindicate - ✔✔to clear someone of blame or suspicion
✔✔Venture - ✔✔a risky or daring journey or undertaking
✔✔Trite - ✔✔overused and consequently of little import; lacking originality
✔✔Altruistic - ✔✔selfless
✔✔Vilified - ✔✔speak or write about in an abusively derogatory manner
✔✔Enigma - ✔✔a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand
✔✔Hasten - ✔✔be quick to do something
✔✔Germane - ✔✔relevant
✔✔Mundane - ✔✔dull or boring
✔✔Voracious - ✔✔wanting or devouring great quantities of food
✔✔Meticulous - ✔✔showing great attention to detail
✔✔Capricious - ✔✔given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior
(fickle)
✔✔Impoverished - ✔✔to make something poor
