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Comprehensive abject(adj.) - correct answer✔✔of the most miserable or
contemptible kind
Overview of the SSAT
Exam abort(v.) - correct answer✔✔to give up unfinished
abridge(v.) - correct answer✔✔to shorten, cut down
abase(v.) - correct answer✔✔to lower, demean, degrade
abrogate(v.) - correct answer✔✔to abolish, often by authority
abate(v.) - correct answer✔✔to lessen, to reduce in severity
abscond(v.) - correct answer✔✔to sneak away and hide
abbreviate(v.) - correct answer✔✔to shorten, reduce
abundant(adj.) - correct answer✔✔in great numbers
abduct(v.) - correct answer✔✔to kidnap
accede(v.) - correct answer✔✔to agree
aberration(n.) - correct answer✔✔a deviation from the expected
course
accentuate(v.) - correct answer✔✔to emphasize, to highlight
abhor(v.) - correct answer✔✔to hate, loathe
accommodating(adj.) - correct answer✔✔obliging, helpful
abide(v.) - correct answer✔✔to put up with, tolerate
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accost(v.) - correct answer✔✔to approach or confront akimbo(adj.) - correct answer✔✔with hands on hips and elbows
aggressively extending outward
acumen(n.) - correct answer✔✔keen insight alacrity(n.) - correct answer✔✔speed, readiness
acute(adj.) - correct answer✔✔sharp, severe algid(adj.) - correct answer✔✔frigid, cold
affable(adj.) - correct answer✔✔friendly, amiable allay(v.) - correct answer✔✔to sooth, assuage
affluent(adj.) - correct answer✔✔rich, wealthy alleviate(v.) - correct answer✔✔to relieve
aggrandize(v.) - correct answer✔✔to increase or make greater aloof(adj.) - correct answer✔✔reserved, distant
aggregate(v.) - correct answer✔✔to gather, amass altercation(n.) - correct answer✔✔an argument, dispute
aghast(adj.) - correct answer✔✔struck by amazement or terror amalgamation(n.) - correct answer✔✔a union, a merger
agoraphobia(n.) - correct answer✔✔an abnormal fear of open or ambivalent(adj.) - correct answer✔✔having contradictory feelings
public places
amble(v.) - correct answer✔✔to stroll, walk
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apocalypse(n.) - correct answer✔✔total devastation, the end of the
world
ameliorate(v.) - correct answer✔✔to improve, to make better
apparitional(adj.) - correct answer✔✔ghostly, spectral
amend(v.) - correct answer✔✔to change for the better, improve
arbitrator(n.) - correct answer✔✔one who settles controversy
amiable(adj.) - correct answer✔✔friendly, affable
between two sides
amorous(adj.) - correct answer✔✔relating to or showing love
ascetic(n.) - correct answer✔✔one who practices restraint as a
means of self-discipline, usually religious
amorphous(adj.) - correct answer✔✔without shape or borders
assuage(v.) - correct answer✔✔to ease, pacify
anomaly(n.) - correct answer✔✔something that does not fit into
the normal order
atone(v.) - correct answer✔✔to apologize, make amends
antechamber(n.) - correct answer✔✔a waiting room
audacious(adj.) - correct answer✔✔excessively bold
anxiety(n.) - correct answer✔✔uneasiness
augment(v.) - correct answer✔✔to increase or make larger
aphorism(n.) - correct answer✔✔a short saying
austere(adj.) - correct answer✔✔very bare, bleak, simple
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Comprehensive abject(adj.) - correct answer✔✔of the most miserable or
contemptible kind
Overview of the SSAT
Exam abort(v.) - correct answer✔✔to give up unfinished
abridge(v.) - correct answer✔✔to shorten, cut down
abase(v.) - correct answer✔✔to lower, demean, degrade
abrogate(v.) - correct answer✔✔to abolish, often by authority
abate(v.) - correct answer✔✔to lessen, to reduce in severity
abscond(v.) - correct answer✔✔to sneak away and hide
abbreviate(v.) - correct answer✔✔to shorten, reduce
abundant(adj.) - correct answer✔✔in great numbers
abduct(v.) - correct answer✔✔to kidnap
accede(v.) - correct answer✔✔to agree
aberration(n.) - correct answer✔✔a deviation from the expected
course
accentuate(v.) - correct answer✔✔to emphasize, to highlight
abhor(v.) - correct answer✔✔to hate, loathe
accommodating(adj.) - correct answer✔✔obliging, helpful
abide(v.) - correct answer✔✔to put up with, tolerate
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accost(v.) - correct answer✔✔to approach or confront akimbo(adj.) - correct answer✔✔with hands on hips and elbows
aggressively extending outward
acumen(n.) - correct answer✔✔keen insight alacrity(n.) - correct answer✔✔speed, readiness
acute(adj.) - correct answer✔✔sharp, severe algid(adj.) - correct answer✔✔frigid, cold
affable(adj.) - correct answer✔✔friendly, amiable allay(v.) - correct answer✔✔to sooth, assuage
affluent(adj.) - correct answer✔✔rich, wealthy alleviate(v.) - correct answer✔✔to relieve
aggrandize(v.) - correct answer✔✔to increase or make greater aloof(adj.) - correct answer✔✔reserved, distant
aggregate(v.) - correct answer✔✔to gather, amass altercation(n.) - correct answer✔✔an argument, dispute
aghast(adj.) - correct answer✔✔struck by amazement or terror amalgamation(n.) - correct answer✔✔a union, a merger
agoraphobia(n.) - correct answer✔✔an abnormal fear of open or ambivalent(adj.) - correct answer✔✔having contradictory feelings
public places
amble(v.) - correct answer✔✔to stroll, walk
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apocalypse(n.) - correct answer✔✔total devastation, the end of the
world
ameliorate(v.) - correct answer✔✔to improve, to make better
apparitional(adj.) - correct answer✔✔ghostly, spectral
amend(v.) - correct answer✔✔to change for the better, improve
arbitrator(n.) - correct answer✔✔one who settles controversy
amiable(adj.) - correct answer✔✔friendly, affable
between two sides
amorous(adj.) - correct answer✔✔relating to or showing love
ascetic(n.) - correct answer✔✔one who practices restraint as a
means of self-discipline, usually religious
amorphous(adj.) - correct answer✔✔without shape or borders
assuage(v.) - correct answer✔✔to ease, pacify
anomaly(n.) - correct answer✔✔something that does not fit into
the normal order
atone(v.) - correct answer✔✔to apologize, make amends
antechamber(n.) - correct answer✔✔a waiting room
audacious(adj.) - correct answer✔✔excessively bold
anxiety(n.) - correct answer✔✔uneasiness
augment(v.) - correct answer✔✔to increase or make larger
aphorism(n.) - correct answer✔✔a short saying
austere(adj.) - correct answer✔✔very bare, bleak, simple
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