SSAT Upper Level Vocabulary Words Test
Questions with Verified Correct Answers
Salvage
rescue from loss at sea
Timid
showing a lack of courage or confidence
Abate
subside; moderate
Anecdote
short account of an amusing or interesting event
Buttress
support
Cursory
casual; hastily done
Dispassionate
calm; impartial
Esteem
respect; value
Founder
fail completely; sink
,Iconoclast
someone who attacks cherished traditions
Indiscriminate
choosing at random; confused
Invert
turn upside down or inside out
Misanthrope
someone who hates mankind
Paradigm
a model, pattern or example
Preclude
prevent from happening; make possible
Receptive
quick or willing to receive ideas
Seclusion
Isolation; solitude
Surpass
exceed
Aberrant
abnormal or deviant
, Animosity
strong hostility
Cacophonous
inharmonious; discordant
Curtail
shorten; reduce
Dispel
drive away; scatter; cause to vanish
Espouse
adopt; support
Frail
weak
Idiosyncrasy
an individual trait, usually odd in nature
Indolent
lazy
Irascible
irritable; easily angered
Miserly
stingy; mean
Questions with Verified Correct Answers
Salvage
rescue from loss at sea
Timid
showing a lack of courage or confidence
Abate
subside; moderate
Anecdote
short account of an amusing or interesting event
Buttress
support
Cursory
casual; hastily done
Dispassionate
calm; impartial
Esteem
respect; value
Founder
fail completely; sink
,Iconoclast
someone who attacks cherished traditions
Indiscriminate
choosing at random; confused
Invert
turn upside down or inside out
Misanthrope
someone who hates mankind
Paradigm
a model, pattern or example
Preclude
prevent from happening; make possible
Receptive
quick or willing to receive ideas
Seclusion
Isolation; solitude
Surpass
exceed
Aberrant
abnormal or deviant
, Animosity
strong hostility
Cacophonous
inharmonious; discordant
Curtail
shorten; reduce
Dispel
drive away; scatter; cause to vanish
Espouse
adopt; support
Frail
weak
Idiosyncrasy
an individual trait, usually odd in nature
Indolent
lazy
Irascible
irritable; easily angered
Miserly
stingy; mean