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