SSAT VOCAB

Question 1

AMIABLE

Answer 1

Having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner

Question 3

ACUTE

Answer 3

(Of a bad, difficult, or unwelcoming situation or phenomenon) present or experienced to a severe or intense degree

Having or showing a perceptive understanding or insight; shrewd

Question 4

ALOOF

Answer 4

Not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant

Question 5

ALTRUISM

Answer 5

The belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well being of others

Question 8

ADMONISH

Answer 8

Advise or urge

Warn someone of something to be avoided

Warn or reprimand someone firmly

Question 9

AMELIORATE

Answer 9

Make something bad or unsatisfactory better

Question 10

ANGUISH

Answer 10

Severe mental or physical pain and/or suffering

Question 12

ALLEGE

Answer 12

Claim or assert that someone has donde something illegal or wrong, typically without proof that this is the case

Question 14

ANDROGYNOUS

Answer 14

Having male and female appearance

Question 15

ABDICATE

Answer 15

Renounce ones throne

Fail to fulfill or undertake (a responsibility or duty)

Question 17

ADAMANT

Answer 17

Refusing to be persuaded or to change someone’s mind

Question 18

ADVERSARY

Answer 18

Ones opponent in a contest, conflict or dispute

Question 23

ACCLAIMED

Answer 23

Praise enthusiastically and publicly

Question 24

ANIMOSITY

Answer 24

Strong Hostility

Question 25

ANNEX

Answer 25

Add an extra; a building joined or associated with the main building providing additional space or accommodations

Question 26

Antagonistic

Answer 26

Showing or feeling active opposition or hostility towards someone or something

Question 27

Antipathy

Answer 27

A deep-seated feeling of dislike; aversion

Question 28

Anxious

Answer 28

Experiencing worry, unease, nervousness typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome

Sofia is anxious about the SAT she doesn’t know how she’s going to do

Question 29

Apprehension

Answer 29

Anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen

Sofia felt sick with apprehension about the SAT she didn’t know how she’s going to do

Question 30

Arbitrary

Answer 30

Based on a random choice or personal whim rather than any reason or system

Question 31

Arid

Answer 31

Lacking in interest excitement or meaning - second definition of land or a climate having little or no rain to dry or barren to support vegetation

Question 32

Ascertain

Answer 32

Find something out for certain make sure of

Sophia was attempting to ascertain the reason why she didn’t get a good score on the SAT

Question 33

Aspect

Answer 33

A particular part or feature of something

Question 34

Aspiration

Answer 34

Hope or ambition of achieving something

Sofia had an aspiration that she would do well on the SAT

Question 35

Assail

Answer 35

To make a concerted or violent attack on

Scotts army assailed Edwards army from the rear

Question 36

Assent

Answer 36

The expression or approval or agreement

Question 37

Assert

Answer 37

State a fact or belief confidently and forcefully

Question 38

Assess

Answer 38

Evaluate our estimate the nature ability or quality of

Question 39

Assured

Answer 39

Confident protected against discontinuance or change

Question 40

Astonish

Answer 40

Surprise or impress someone greatly