SSAT VOCAB
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 monastery | (noun) a house or place of residence occupied by a community of persons, especially monks, living in seclusion under religious vows |
| energetic | (adj) possessing, exerting, or displaying energy |
| clever | (adj) mentally bright; having sharp or quick intelligence; able |
| jubilant | (adj) showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant |
| muskrat | (noun) a large, aquatic, North American rodent having a musky odor |
| miser | (noun) a wretched or unhappy person |
| nervous | (adj) highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive |
| ambivalent | (adj) of or pertaining to the coexistence within an individual of positive and negative feelings toward the same person, object, or action, simultaneously drawing him or her in opposite directions |
| somber | (adj) gloomily dark; shadowy |
| argumentative | (adj) fond of or given to argument and dispute |
| fraudulent | (adj) characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains |
| victimize | (verb) to dupe, swindle, or cheat |
| heroic | (adj) suitable to the character of a hero in size or concept; daring; noble |
| flora | (noun) the plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole |
| fauna | (noun) the animals of a given region or period considered as a whole |
| splice | (verb) to join or unite |
| supple | (adj) bending readily without breaking or becoming deformed; pliant; flexible |
| flax | (noun) bending readily without breaking or becoming deformed; pliant; flexible |
| linen | (noun) fabric woven from flax yarns |
| ore | (noun) a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit |
| wrangler | (noun) a cowboy, especially one in charge of saddle horses |
| cobbler | (noun) a person who mends shoes |
| teamster | (noun) a person who drives a team or a truck for hauling, especially as an occupation |
| swath | (noun) a strip, belt, or long and relatively narrow extent of anything |
| swag | (noun) 1. a swaying or lurching movement 2. a wreath, spray, or cluster of foliage, flowers, or fruit (verb) 1. to move heavily or unsteadily from side to side or up and down; sway 2. to cause to sway, sink, or sag |
| agitate | (verb) to disturb or excite emotionally; arouse; perturb |
| segregate | (verb) to require, often with force, the separation of (a specific racial, religious, or other group) from the general body of society |
| isolate | (verb) to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone |
| assimilate | (verb) to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb |
| disperse | (verb) to spread widely, disseminate |
| aggregate | (adj) formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined |
| dissipate | (verb) to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure |
| speculate | ( verb) to reflect deeply on a subject |
| violate | (vern) to act in disregard of laws and rules |
| sporadic | (adj) recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances |
| incidental | (adj) not of prime or central importance |
| episodic | (adj) occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals |
| infrequent | (adj) happening or occurring at long intervals or rarely |
| rare | (adj) 1. recurring only at long intervals 2. marked by an uncommon quality |
| capricious | (adj) determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason |
| fluctuate | (verb) to move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern |
| vacillate | (verb) to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute |
| lagoon | (noun) a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral |
| grovel | (verb) to beg; to lower oneself to please another |
| fission | (noun) the act of cleaving or splitting into parts |
| fissure | (noun) an opening; a groove; a split |
| foster | (verb) to promote the growth of |
| wily | (adj) marked by skill in deception |
| cunning | (noun) shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception |
| congenial | (adj) suitable to your needs or similar to your nature |
| aggressive | (adj) ready to attack or start fights; acting in a hostile way |
| combative | (adj) having or showing a ready disposition to fight |
| feisty | (adj.) irritable and looking for trouble |
| banal | (adj) obvious and dull |
| drab | (adj) lacking brightness or color |
| alumnus | (noun) a graduate or former student of a specific school, college, or university |
| registrant | (noun) a person who is formally entered (along with others) in a register (and who obtains certain rights thereby) |
| vigilant | (adj) carefully observant or attentive |
| optometrist | (noun) One who measures vision |
| hypnotist | (noun) a person who induces hypnosis |
| agronomist | (noun) an expert in soil management and field-crop production |
| humanist | (noun) an advocate of the principles of humanism |
| grizzly | (adj) showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair |
| spawn | (verb) to bring forth; to produce a large number |
| vague | (adj.) not clearly understood or expressed |
| fortnight | (noun) a period of fourteen consecutive days |
| terminal | (noun) station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods |
| shrewd | (adj.) clever in practical matters; cunning |
| excessive | (adj.) beyond normal limits |
| obese | (adj) excessively fat |
| astute | (adj.) shrewd; clever |
| bough | (noun) any of the larger branches of a tree |
| corpulent | (adj.) fat; having a large, bulky body |
| extol | (verb) to praise, glorify, or honor |
| stature | (noun) high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement |
| androgynous | (adj.) having both male and female characteristics |
| insecticide | (noun) a chemical used to kill insects |
| trifle | (noun) something of small importance |
| discreet | (adj) marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint |
| pragmatic | (adj) guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory |
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