ssat upper level Checkpoint 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 precursor | a person or thing that precedes, as in a job, a method, etc.; predecessor. |
| prognosis | a forecasting of the probable course and outcome of a disease, esp. of the chances of recovery. |
| proponent | a person who puts forward a proposition or proposal. |
| refute | to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge. |
| ruse | a trick, stratagem, or artifice. |
| spendthrift | a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; prodigal. |
| stagnant | not flowing or running, as water, air, etc. |
| tenet | any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., esp. one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement. |
| volatile | evaporating rapidly; passing off readily in the form of vapor: |
| dilapidated | to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): |
| dispel | to drive off in various directions; disperse; dissipate |
| disrepute | bad repute; low regard; disfavor |
| euphoria | a feeling of happiness, confidence, or well-being sometimes exaggerated in pathological states as mania. |
| extraneous | introduced or coming from without; not belonging or proper to a thing; external; foreign |
| idiosyncrasy | a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual |
| jargon | the language esp. the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group |
| juncture | a point of time, esp. one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances |
| meticulous | taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough |
| pensive | dreamily or wistfully thoughtful |
| perspicacious | having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning |
| colloquial | characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal |
| compliance | the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding |
| congruity | the state or quality of belong congruous; harmony; appropriateness |
| contiguous | touching; in contact |
| convivial | friendly; agreeable |
| dichotomy | division into two parts, kinds, etc.; subdivision into halves or pairs |
| discombobulate | to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate |
| discomfit | to confuse and deject; disconcert |
| discordant | being at variance; disagreeing; incongruous |
| disparity | lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference |
| acrimony | sharpness, harshness, or bitterness of nature, speech, disposition, etc. |
| adulation | to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely |
| advocate | to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly |
| archipelago | a large group or chain of islands |
| arsenal | a place or storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service. |
| axiom | a self-evident truth that requires no proof |
| blatant | brazenly obvious; flagrant |
| bolster | a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc. |
| coherent | logically connected; consistent |
| cohesive | cohering or tending to cohere; well-intregrated; unified |
| aspersion | a damaging or derogatory remark or criticism, slander |
| arbitrary | contingent solely upon one's discretion, subject to individual will or judgement without restriction |
| arboreal | pertaining to trees, treelike |
| disburse | to pay out (money) for expenses; expend |
| camaraderie | comradeship; good fellowship |
| dilettante | a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler |
| abstract | thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances |
| hypochondria | an excessive preoccupation with one's health, usually focusing on the same particular symptom, as cardiac or gastric problems. |
| intrinsic | be longing to a thing by its very nature |
| deter | to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding |
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