SSAT 3000 HARD 2634-2667 Flashcards

(34 cards)

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Masticatoire

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Having to do with or used in chewing

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Stricture

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Unfavourable criticism

Blame

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Exodus

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A going out

Departure, evacuation

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4
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Austere

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Simple or plain, not fancy

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5
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Inclemency

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Lacking kindness or mercy

Austerity, coldness

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Tabernacle

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A house of worship

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Vapidity

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Lacking or having lost sharpness, flavour, or spirit

Drabness, dullness

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Fusillade

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Rapid and continuous discharge of firearms

Barrage

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Panoply

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A splendid array

Display, exhibition

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Extricable

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That can be set free from entanglements or difficulties

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Sycophant

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A servile or self-serving flatterer

Lackey, minion

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Microcosm

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A universe or world in miniature

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Presage

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A sign felt as a warning

Omen, prediction

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Proviso

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Clause or article in a contract, agreement

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Ambiguity

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The possibility that something could be interpreted more than one way

Doubt, uncertainty

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Quintessential

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Having the nature of the purest from of something

Typical, ultimate

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Peradventure

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Maybe

Chance, possible

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Circumspection

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Caution

Carefulness, discretion

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Enterprise

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Great or bold undertaking

Adventure, operation

20
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Gullibility

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Being easily deceived or cheated

Artlessness

21
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Matutinal

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Having to do with occurring early in the morning

22
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Risibility

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Ability or inclination to laugh

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Stymie

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To block completely

Hinder, thwart

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Veritable

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True or real

Authentic, factual

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Appurtenance
An object that is used with or for something
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Incarnadine
To make blood-red Redden, boldly
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Synchronous
Occurring at the same time Concurrent, simultaneous
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Contumelious
Insulting Disdainful, brazen
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Ruminate
Think or ponder Contemplate, meditate
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Spousal
The ceremony of marriage Matrimony, nuptial
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Emasculate
Destroy the force of Weaken, debilitate
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Discomfiture
The act of making someone confused or upset
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Satirise
Attack with sarcasm, irony or wit to ridicule something Mock, lampoon
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Reliquary
A small box that contains relics