SSAT words Exam Questions and
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abase(v.) - Answers -to lower, demean, degrade
abate(v.) - Answers -to lessen, to reduce in severity
abbreviate(v.) - Answers -to shorten, reduce
abduct(v.) - Answers -to kidnap
aberration(n.) - Answers -a deviation from the expected course
abhor(v.) - Answers -to hate, loathe
abide(v.) - Answers -to put up with, tolerate
abject(adj.) - Answers -of the most miserable or contemptible kind
abort(v.) - Answers -to give up unfinished
abridge(v.) - Answers -to shorten, cut down
abrogate(v.) - Answers -to abolish, often by authority
abscond(v.) - Answers -to sneak away and hide
abundant(adj.) - Answers -in great numbers
accede(v.) - Answers -to agree
accentuate(v.) - Answers -to emphasize, to highlight
accommodating(adj.) - Answers -obliging, helpful
accost(v.) - Answers -to approach or confront aggressively
acumen(n.) - Answers -keen insight
acute(adj.) - Answers -sharp, severe
,affable(adj.) - Answers -friendly, amiable
affluent(adj.) - Answers -rich, wealthy
aggrandize(v.) - Answers -to increase or make greater
aggregate(v.) - Answers -to gather, amass
aghast(adj.) - Answers -struck by amazement or terror
agoraphobia(n.) - Answers -an abnormal fear of open or public places
akimbo(adj.) - Answers -with hands on hips and elbows extending outward
alacrity(n.) - Answers -speed, readiness
algid(adj.) - Answers -frigid, cold
allay(v.) - Answers -to sooth, assuage
alleviate(v.) - Answers -to relieve
aloof(adj.) - Answers -reserved, distant
altercation(n.) - Answers -an argument, dispute
amalgamation(n.) - Answers -a union, a merger
ambivalent(adj.) - Answers -having contradictory feelings
amble(v.) - Answers -to stroll, walk
ameliorate(v.) - Answers -to improve, to make better
amend(v.) - Answers -to change for the better, improve
amiable(adj.) - Answers -friendly, affable
amorous(adj.) - Answers -relating to or showing love
amorphous(adj.) - Answers -without shape or borders
anomaly(n.) - Answers -something that does not fit into the normal order
antechamber(n.) - Answers -a waiting room
, anxiety(n.) - Answers -uneasiness
aphorism(n.) - Answers -a short saying
apocalypse(n.) - Answers -total devastation, the end of the world
apparitional(adj.) - Answers -ghostly, spectral
arbitrator(n.) - Answers -one who settles controversy between two sides
ascetic(n.) - Answers -one who practices restraint as a means of self-discipline, usually
religious
assuage(v.) - Answers -to ease, pacify
atone(v.) - Answers -to apologize, make amends
audacious(adj.) - Answers -excessively bold
augment(v.) - Answers -to increase or make larger
austere(adj.) - Answers -very bare, bleak, simple
baleful(adj.) - Answers -harmful, threatening
bard(n.) - Answers -a poet, often a singer as well
battery(n.) - Answers -an assault or an array of similar things intended for use together
belligerent(adj.) - Answers -contentious, ready to fight
benevolent(adj.) - Answers -kind, good, caring
benign(adj.) - Answers -non-threatening, innocuous
berate(v.) - Answers -to scold severely
bereft(adj.) - Answers -without, devoid of
bide(v.) - Answers -to wait, or remain in a condition
bilk(v.) - Answers -to cheat, to swindle
blandish(v.) - Answers -to coax through flattery
bloated(adj.) - Answers -swollen, bigger than desired