SSAT 3000 HARD 2701-2733

Question 1

Tumultuous

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Characterised by noise or uproar

Boisterous, fierce

Question 2

Accession

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The act of gaining a certain right or office

Attainment

Question 3

Consolatory

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Comforting

Reassuring, encouraging

Question 4

Soubrette

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A flirtatious, pert, lively young woman

Question 5

Imprecate

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Call down curses or evil

Curse, damn

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Cacophonous

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A harsh sound

Discordant, noisy

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Translucence

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Quality of mostly letting light through but not completely

Question 8

Resurgence

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A rising again,

Revival, rebirth

Question 9

Distrait

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Not paying attention

Dreamy, inattentive

Question 10

Sophistry

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Unsound reasoning

Trickery, deception

Question 11

Biddable

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Doing what is ordered

Obedient, compliant

Question 12

Ambiance

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Atmosphere

Surroundings

Question 13

Noxious

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Very harmful to life or health

Putrid, toxic

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Recalcitrance

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Refusal to submit, conform, or comply

Defiance, unruliness

Question 15

Expenditure

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An expense

Spending

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Poignancy

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A being piercing or stimulation to the mind, feelings or passions

Intensity, emotion

Question 17

Drubbing

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A thorough defeat

Thrashing

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Abstention

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The act of refraining from or not doing something

Abstinence, refusal

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Differential

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Showing qualities that are unalienable

Contrasting, disparate

Question 20

Stoicism

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The quality or behaviour of a person who accepts what happens without complaining or showing emotion

Impassiveness

Question 21

Esculent

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Suitable for food

Comestible, consumable

Question 22

Stridency

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Making or having a harsh sound

Bellow, clamour

Question 23

Intrepid

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Very brave

Fearless, dauntless

Question 24

Solsticial

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Of or having to do with a solstice (when the sun is the furthest from the equator)

Question 25

Oxymoron

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Figure of speech in which words of opposite meaning are used together

Question 26

Vertiginous

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Whirling or revolving Spinning, turning

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Aqueous

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Made with water

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Epitomise

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To be representative of Embody, typify

Question 29

Reticence

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Tendency to be silent or say little Shyness, hesitation

Question 30

Compendium

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Summary that gives information Digest, abstract

Question 31

Legislation

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The making of laws Regulating, ruling

Question 32

Gasconade

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Extravagant boasting Brag, flaunt

Question 33

Cosmopolite

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A person who feels at home in all parts of the world