SSAT words

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SSAT words

abase(v.) - answer✔to lower, demean, degrade

abate(v.) - answer✔to lessen, to reduce in severity

abbreviate(v.) - answer✔to shorten, reduce

abduct(v.) - answer✔to kidnap

aberration(n.) - answer✔a deviation from the expected course

abhor(v.) - answer✔to hate, loathe

abide(v.) - answer✔to put up with, tolerate

abject(adj.) - answer✔of the most miserable or contemptible kind

abort(v.) - answer✔to give up unfinished

abridge(v.) - answer✔to shorten, cut down

abrogate(v.) - answer✔to abolish, often by authority

abscond(v.) - answer✔to sneak away and hide

abundant(adj.) - answer✔in great numbers

accede(v.) - answer✔to agree

accentuate(v.) - answer✔to emphasize, to highlight

accommodating(adj.) - answer✔obliging, helpful

accost(v.) - answer✔to approach or confront aggressively

acumen(n.) - answer✔keen insight

acute(adj.) - answer✔sharp, severe

affable(adj.) - answer✔friendly, amiable

affluent(adj.) - answer✔rich, wealthy

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aggrandize(v.) - answer✔to increase or make greater

aggregate(v.) - answer✔to gather, amass

aghast(adj.) - answer✔struck by amazement or terror

agoraphobia(n.) - answer✔an abnormal fear of open or public places

akimbo(adj.) - answer✔with hands on hips and elbows extending outward

alacrity(n.) - answer✔speed, readiness

algid(adj.) - answer✔frigid, cold

allay(v.) - answer✔to sooth, assuage

alleviate(v.) - answer✔to relieve

aloof(adj.) - answer✔reserved, distant

altercation(n.) - answer✔an argument, dispute

amalgamation(n.) - answer✔a union, a merger

ambivalent(adj.) - answer✔having contradictory feelings

amble(v.) - answer✔to stroll, walk

ameliorate(v.) - answer✔to improve, to make better

amend(v.) - answer✔to change for the better, improve

amiable(adj.) - answer✔friendly, affable

amorous(adj.) - answer✔relating to or showing love

amorphous(adj.) - answer✔without shape or borders

anomaly(n.) - answer✔something that does not fit into the normal order

antechamber(n.) - answer✔a waiting room

anxiety(n.) - answer✔uneasiness

aphorism(n.) - answer✔a short saying

apocalypse(n.) - answer✔total devastation, the end of the world

apparitional(adj.) - answer✔ghostly, spectral

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arbitrator(n.) - answer✔one who settles controversy between two sides

ascetic(n.) - answer✔one who practices restraint as a means of self-discipline, usually religious

assuage(v.) - answer✔to ease, pacify

atone(v.) - answer✔to apologize, make amends

audacious(adj.) - answer✔excessively bold

augment(v.) - answer✔to increase or make larger

austere(adj.) - answer✔very bare, bleak, simple

baleful(adj.) - answer✔harmful, threatening

bard(n.) - answer✔a poet, often a singer as well

battery(n.) - answer✔an assault or an array of similar things intended for use together

belligerent(adj.) - answer✔contentious, ready to fight

benevolent(adj.) - answer✔kind, good, caring

benign(adj.) - answer✔non-threatening, innocuous

berate(v.) - answer✔to scold severely

bereft(adj.) - answer✔without, devoid of

bide(v.) - answer✔to wait, or remain in a condition

bilk(v.) - answer✔to cheat, to swindle

blandish(v.) - answer✔to coax through flattery

bloated(adj.) - answer✔swollen, bigger than desired

boisterous(adj.) - answer✔loud, energetic

bourgeois(adj.) - answer✔middle class

brash(adj.) - answer✔hasty or lacking in sensitivity

brazen(adj.) - answer✔excessively bold, brash

brumal(adj.) - answer✔wintry, relating to winter

brusque(adj.) - answer✔short, abrupt, dismissive