SSAT 3000 HARD 2768-2800

Question 1

Colloquialism

Answer 1

A word used in everyday informal talk

Slang, informality

Question 2

Stalactite

Answer 2

Formation of rock, shaped lie an icicle, hanging from the roof of a cave

Question 3

Occultation

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Disappearance from view or notice

Concealment, eclipse

Question 4

Congregation

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Coming together into a crowd

Assemblage, gathering

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Consonance

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Harmony

Agreement, conformity

Question 6

Ténébreuse

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Shut off from the light

Dark, gloomy

Question 7

Parsimony

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Extreme economy

Stinginess, frugality

Question 8

Offertory

Answer 8

Collection of things given as an act of worship

Contribution, donation

Question 9

Mutineer

Answer 9

Person who takes part in a mutiny

Open rebellion, insurgent

Question 10

Valediction

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An act of bidding farewell or taking leave

Question 11

Inundation

Answer 11

A flood

Deluge, torrent

Question 12

Habitable

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Fit to live in

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Indiscrète

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Not separated into distinct parts

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Degeneracy

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Character condition that is declining

Corruption, debasement

Question 15

Placket

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An opening or slip in a garment, especially at the top of a dress, making it easy to put on

Question 16

Bracken

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A thicket of ferns

Question 17

Demurrer

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A response in a court proceeding in which the defendant does not dispute the truth of the allegation but claims it is not sufficient ground to justify legal action

Question 18

Accelerando

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The gradual increasing of speed (music)

Quicken, faster

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Discernment

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Keenness for understanding

Insight, judgment

Question 20

Somatic

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Of or having to do with the body

Fleshly, bodily

Question 21

Spatiality

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Quality or character of having to do with space

Question 22

Suavity

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Smoothly agreeable quality or behaviour

Question 23

Verbiage

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Use of too many words

Redundancy, tenseness

Question 24

Manorial

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Relating to a large estate

Question 25

Provenance

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Source or origin Birthplace, root

Question 26

Nocturne

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Dreamy or pensive musical piece

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Capitulation

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Surrender, submission, yielding

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Pluralism

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Quality of being more than one

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Permutation

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A change from one state or position to another Alteration, changing

Question 30

Periphrasis

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A roundabout way of speaking or writing Circumlocution

Question 31

Thane

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A nobleman, ranked between an earl and commoner

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Feckless

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Spiritless Weak, ineffective

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Domineering

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Inclined to rule in an overbearing or assertive way Overbearing, tyrannical