HSPT And Upper Level ISEE/SSAT Set – Q&A
adversary - ✔️ someone who offers oppostion
boon - ✔️ something that is desirable, favorable, or beneficial
cessation - ✔️ a stopping
depreciate - ✔️ decline in value
indictment - ✔️ an accusation of wrongdoing
lackluster - ✔️ lacking brilliance or vitality
obscure - ✔️ not clearly understood or expressed
perogative - ✔️ a right reserved exclusively by a person or group
prevailing - ✔️ most frequent or common
xenophobic - ✔️ having abnormal fear or hatred of the strange or foreign
aplomb - ✔️ great coolness and composure under strain
cognizance - ✔️ the state or act of having knowledge of
ember - ✔️ a hot, smoldering fragment of wood left from a fire
illuminate - ✔️ make lighter or brighter
indigenous - ✔️ originating where it is found
ingenious - ✔️ showing inventiveness and skill
ingenuous - ✔️ lacking in sophistication or worldliness
laconic - ✔️ brief and to the point
, ominous - ✔️ threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
subside - ✔️ wear off or die down
apprehensive - ✔️ in fear or dread of possible evil or harm
diminish - ✔️ decrease in size, extent, or range
fallacy - ✔️ a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
impending - ✔️ close in time; about to occur
lassitude - ✔️ a feeling of lack of interest or energy
oligarchy - ✔️ a political system governed by a few people
outlandish - ✔️ conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
pandemonium - ✔️ a state of extreme confusion and disorder
pensive - ✔️ deeply or seriously thoughtful
misogyny - ✔️ hatred of women
approbation - ✔️ official approval
aptitude - ✔️ inherent ability
ascendant - ✔️ tending or directed upward
disdain - ✔️ lack or respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
dulcet - ✔️ pleasing to the ear
emulsion - ✔️ a mixture of liquids that do not normally stay mixed
imperious - ✔️ having or showing arrogant superiority
persistent - ✔️ stubbornly unyielding
adversary - ✔️ someone who offers oppostion
boon - ✔️ something that is desirable, favorable, or beneficial
cessation - ✔️ a stopping
depreciate - ✔️ decline in value
indictment - ✔️ an accusation of wrongdoing
lackluster - ✔️ lacking brilliance or vitality
obscure - ✔️ not clearly understood or expressed
perogative - ✔️ a right reserved exclusively by a person or group
prevailing - ✔️ most frequent or common
xenophobic - ✔️ having abnormal fear or hatred of the strange or foreign
aplomb - ✔️ great coolness and composure under strain
cognizance - ✔️ the state or act of having knowledge of
ember - ✔️ a hot, smoldering fragment of wood left from a fire
illuminate - ✔️ make lighter or brighter
indigenous - ✔️ originating where it is found
ingenious - ✔️ showing inventiveness and skill
ingenuous - ✔️ lacking in sophistication or worldliness
laconic - ✔️ brief and to the point
, ominous - ✔️ threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
subside - ✔️ wear off or die down
apprehensive - ✔️ in fear or dread of possible evil or harm
diminish - ✔️ decrease in size, extent, or range
fallacy - ✔️ a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
impending - ✔️ close in time; about to occur
lassitude - ✔️ a feeling of lack of interest or energy
oligarchy - ✔️ a political system governed by a few people
outlandish - ✔️ conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
pandemonium - ✔️ a state of extreme confusion and disorder
pensive - ✔️ deeply or seriously thoughtful
misogyny - ✔️ hatred of women
approbation - ✔️ official approval
aptitude - ✔️ inherent ability
ascendant - ✔️ tending or directed upward
disdain - ✔️ lack or respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
dulcet - ✔️ pleasing to the ear
emulsion - ✔️ a mixture of liquids that do not normally stay mixed
imperious - ✔️ having or showing arrogant superiority
persistent - ✔️ stubbornly unyielding
