ssat 'b' & 'c' Flashcards
(91 cards)
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bailiff
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steward; agent
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baleful
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threatening; unpleasant
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banter
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playful exchange; teasing comments
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banal
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boring and predictable; commonplace
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barrack
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shout; interrupt
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barrage
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gunfire; prolonged attack; bombard someone
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barrel
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tub, keg
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barricade
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barrier, blockade
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barrier
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anything that blocks
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barter
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to exchange goods/property
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bassinet
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baby crib
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bastion
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fort; stronghold
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beguile
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to charm/attract
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belated
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delayed
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belie
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to misrepresent/ fail to justify
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beleaguer
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to harass/ cause problems and difficulties/besiege
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bellicose
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eager and willingness to fight
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belittle
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to make small/light of
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benchmark
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standard
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belligerent
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agressive/argumentative
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benevolent
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generous; charitable
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benefactor
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sponser/supporter/patron
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benevolence
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kindness; generosity
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benign
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harmless; gentle
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bequeath
to leave/give property by will
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berate
to scold harshly
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bereft
deprived; lonely and deserted
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beseech
to beg earnestly; to plea
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bestow
to present as a gift
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bewildered
to confuse hopelessly/ puzzled
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bilateral
involving two parties
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billow
swell up/puff up
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bind
combine/fasten/tie
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blasphemous
irreligious/ lack of reverence for God
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blatant
obvious/ shameless
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bleak
not encouraging; hopeless
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blithe
cheery; uncaring
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bloated
swollen; stuffed
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bludgeon
a heavy stick used as a weapon
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boisterous
cheerfully noisy/rough
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bolster
to support/uphold
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bombastic
arrogant in style/attitude; pompous; blustering
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bonanza
sudden increase in wealth/luck
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boor
lacking manners; crude; ill-mannered
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boorish
rude; ill-mannered
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bounty
generousity
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booty
spoils; loo; prize; stolen goods
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bounteous
generous; charitable
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bountiful
abundant; plentiful
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bourgeois
middle-class
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bovine
stupid; slow; unintelligent
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braggart
a person who is boastful and talkative
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brash
hasty and reckless; insolent; impudent
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bravado
a bold manner; swaggering; feigned confidence
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brawl
scuffle; tussle
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breach
violation; breaking of agreement
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brazen
bold; shameless
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brevity
conciseness; briefness
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bridle
halter; rein; lead
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brig
two-masted ship with square sails
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brittle
hard but easily broken
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broach
to begin discussion of
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brunt
force; effect; impact; heavy part
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brusque
abrupt; curt; offhand
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buffoon
fool; clown
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bucolic
rustic; rural; not fancy/sulime
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bulge
protuberance; swelling
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burgeon
to begin/ to grow
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burial
interment; commital
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burnish
to polish; to make smooth and shiny
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buttress
to reinforce; supporter
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burrow
hole; warren
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bystander
onlooker; passer-by, witness
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byway
back road, side road
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cacophony
loud, discordant mixture of sounds; racousness
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cagey
wary; cautious; guarded
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cajole
to persuade; to coax
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callous
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calamitous
very unfortunate; disastrous
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