SSAT 3000 HARD 2601-2633 Flashcards

(33 cards)

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Exaction

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Requiring or much

Demand, command

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Caprice

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Suddenly change of mind without reason

Whim, impulse

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3
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Valorize

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To assign a value to

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4
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Glabrous

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Without hair or down

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5
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Megalomania

A

Mental disorder marked by delusions of great personal power or importance

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6
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Spelunker

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A person who explores and maps caves as a hobby

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Concernent

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Importance

Interest, magnitude

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Portentous

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Indicating evil to come

Foreboding, ominous

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Supercilious

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Haughty, proud and contemptuous

Arrogant, cocky

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10
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Resonance

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The quality of giving back sound

Echo, reverberation

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11
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Commutation

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An exchange

Substitution, interchange

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12
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Occlusion

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Being shut in or shut off

Closure, barrier

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13
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Melancholy

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Condition of sadness or low spirits

Depression, gloom

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14
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Horologe

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Any device which indicates time, like a clock

Watch, timepiece

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15
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Peonage

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Practice of holding persons to work off debts

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16
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Homologous

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Corresponding in position, proportions, values, structures

Alike, corresponding

17
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Hallmark

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Any distinguishing feature

Trademark, indicator

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Cohesive

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Tending to hold together

United adhesive

19
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Evocation

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A calling forth

Invocation, conjuration

20
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Germinate

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Make double or go in pairs

Binary, couple

21
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Debauchery

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Excessive, indulgence

Revelry, binge

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Derogate

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Take away a part so as to impair

Detract, disparage

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Bondage

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Lack of freedom

Slavery, servitude

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Plangent

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Making the noise of waves breaking on the shore

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Emblematic
Of or used as an emblem, object that stands for a quality or idea
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Indite
Put in words or writing Compose, write
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Rosaceous
Belonging to the rose family
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Conferee
Someone who participates in a conference Colleague, comrade
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Incipience
The very beginning Origin, outset
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Pluralise
To make more than one Multiply, add
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Stenographer
Person who takes dictation in shorthand and transcribes it
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Gastric
Of or near the stomach
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Espial
Act of spying Observation