SSAT Middle Level Vocabulary

abhor - Answer-Hate abyss - answer-an extremely deep hole adapt - answer-(physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light) affiliation - answer-An association with a group or organization aggregate - Answer-Gathered into a whole; total akin - answer-related to or alike ambiguous - answer-doubtful or uncertain; can be interpreted several ways amorphous - answer-(adj.) shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization, unity, or cohesion anguish - answer-(n.) great mental suffering, distress, or pain; (v.) to be deeply tormented by pain or sorrow animosity - answer-(n.) strong dislike; bitter hostility annex - answer-(v.) To add to, attach: to incorporate;(n.) An attachment or addition arbitrary - answer-determined by chance or impulse aspiration - answer-Breathing fluid, food, vomitus, or an object into the lungs assent - answer-Agreement assert - answer-(v.) To declare or state as truth, maintain or defend, put forward forcefully assess - answer-An evaluation technique for technology that requires analyzing benefits and risks, understanding the trade-offs, and then determining the best action to take in order to ensure that the desired positive outcomes outweigh the negative consequences. barrage - answer-A flood barren - answer-(adj.) not productive, bare bashful - answer-Shy bastion - answer-(n.) a fortified place, stronghold brash - answer-Bold brazen - answer-(adj.) shameless, impudent; made of brass candid - answer-Completely honest, straightforward coerce - answer-To compel, force commodities - answer-economic goods or products before they are processed and/or given a brand name, such as a product of agriculture compassion - answer-From the Latin meaning "to suffer together with." It is the love, kindness, mercy, or forbearance shown to a neighbor who is suffering in some way. comprehensive - answer-covering or including everything condone - answer-(v.) to pardon or overlook confer - answer-Consult, compare views; bestow or give congenial - answer-Agreeable