SSAT 3000 HARD 2534-2567

Question 1

Triumvirate

Answer 1

Government run by three persons together

Threesome, triad

Question 2

Prolixity

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Too great length

Wordy, verbose

Question 3

Diluvien

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Of or having to do with a flood

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Elicitation

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Drawing forth

Extraction, evocation

Question 5

Vignette

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A literary sketch

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Penitence

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Sorrow for sinning or doing wrong

Regret, penance

Question 7

Digitate

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Having separate or divided fingers and toes

Question 8

Pestiferous

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Bringing disease or infection

Plague, contagious

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Meritorious

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Deserving reward or praise

Question 10

Suppositional

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Of or based on considering something as possible

Alleged, supposed

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Saccharine

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Overly sweet

Cloying, sentimental

Question 12

Sanguineous

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Of or like blood

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Ostentation

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A showing off

Flashiness, pageantry

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Contraband

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Goods imported into a country illegally

Bootleg, smuggled

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Polemicize

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To carry on a dispute or controversy

Argue, conflict

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Solubility

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Quality of dissolving or of being easily dissolved

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Hepatic

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Of or having to do with the liver

Question 18

Blazon

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Make known

Proclaim, announce

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Vaticinante

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To predict or prophesy

Foresee, divine

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Bipedalism

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Possession of or moving upon two feet

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Sordid

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Marked by baseless or grossness

Sullied, besmirched

Question 22

Belligerency

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Waging war or fond of fighting

Pugnacious, bellicosity

Question 23

Egoistic

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Seeking the welfare of oneself only

Selfish, conceited

Question 24

Palpability

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Quality of being tangible

Corporeality, embodiment

Question 25

Symptomatic

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Being a sign Emblematic, symbolic

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Superficiality

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Quality or condition of being on or of the surface Skin-deep, shallow

Question 27

Asserate

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State positivity Declare, maintain

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Virtuosity

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The character, ability or skill of a person who has special knowledge or skill in a field Skill adroitness

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Diametrically

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Directly

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Fetish

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Anything regarded by a primitive people for its supposed magic purpose Amulet, charm

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Subservient

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Slavishly polite and obedient Submissive,servile

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Gentility

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Being born of good family and social position Sophistication, cultivation

Question 33

Homonym

Answer 33

Word having the same pronunciation and spelling but a different meaning

Question 34

Slanderous

Answer 34

Speaking or spreading false statements with the intent of harming someone’s reputation Libelous, defamatory