SSAT Upper Level Vocabulary Words with Correct Answers

Abandon Correct Answer Desert or leave someone/something Antipathy Correct Answer Hatred Cascade Correct Answer To fall heavily Dawdle Correct Answer Linger or waste time Dubious Correct Answer Hesitating or doubting Flourish Correct Answer To grow well or thrive Illustrate Correct Answer Explain or to decorate Liberate Correct Answer To set something free Optimistic Correct Answer Hopeful Recalcitrant Correct Answer Uncooperative Robust Correct Answer Strong and healthy Taper Correct Answer Narrow or thin Abbreviation Correct Answer The shortened form of a word Anxious Correct Answer Worried or nervous Cater Correct Answer To provide for Debate Correct Answer To discuss something (verb) or a discussion (noun) Duration Correct Answer How long something will take Fluctuate Correct Answer An irregular rise and fall in a number or amount Immaculate Correct Answer Very clean or spotless Limber Correct Answer To warm up Opulent Correct Answer Very rich, luxurious or lavish Reckless Correct Answer Doing something carelessly or without thinking Rouse Correct Answer To stir up or excite someone Task Correct Answer A piece of work to be done Abdicate Correct Answer To renounce someone's throne Apprehension Correct Answer Anxiety or fear that something bad will happen Cautious Correct Answer Careful Debt Correct Answer Money that is owe or due Eager Correct Answer wanting to do something very much Foolhardy Correct Answer recklessly bold or rash Impasse Correct Answer a situation in which no progress is possible Linger Correct Answer wait around Ostentatious Correct Answer trying to impress or attract attention Refute Correct Answer disprove or prove wrong Routine Correct Answer procedure Taunt Correct Answer a remark made in order to anger, wound, or provoke someone Abhor Correct Answer hate Approximate Correct Answer estimate or guess Censor Correct Answer to cut out unacceptable parts of something Deceive Correct Answer to trick someone Economize Correct Answer to save money Foreseen Correct Answer to predict Imply Correct Answer insinutate Lofty Correct Answer tall/high