SSAT 2 Flashcards
Keen
Very sharp
Quickly able to sense or understand
Felt strongly
Jubilant
Having or showing great joy
Jest
A funny saying or action
Jeer
To remark in a loud, mocking, abusive manner
Irate
Very angry
Inundate
To overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with
Insolent
Rude, arrogant, or not showing respect in speech or behavior
Insipid
Not interesting
Having bland or uninteresting flavor
Insinuate
To suggest subtly and indirectly
To cause to be introduced by subtle and indirect means
Inquiry
A process of looking for truth or correct information
A question or request for info.
Innocuous
Not capable of causing damage
Having in annoying or offensive qualities
Innate
Belonging to or existing in someone or some organism the time of birth
Of the essential nature of something
Originating solely in the mind and not from experience
Ingress
The act of going in
The right to enter
A place or means of entrance
Ingenuity
The quality of, or an instance of being ingenious
Indignant
Feeling or showing anger about something considered to be unfair or without value
Incisive
Marked by clear, penetrating thought
Of or relating to their incisors
Inane
Lacking of meaning or substance
Impulsive
Acting without thinking or planning
Done as a result of a sudden desire
Impasse
A situation that allows no escape or no solution
A road or path that has no outlet
Kinesiology
The study of human motion
Apiary
A place where bees are kept
Miser
A greedy, stingy person who lives in a poor way in order to save money
Frugal
Philanthropy
Feeling of love toward humankind
An organization that supports charitable causes
Perilous
Causing or involving great danger
Truculent
Extremely hostile or belligerent
Savagely and fiercely cruel or harsh
Aggravate
To make worse
To bother or annoy
Mollify
To ease or soothe someone- calm down someone
To lesson the violence
To lesson the rigidity
Repugnant
Extremely distasteful
In direct opposition
Trifle
Something with very little value
To treat someone or something lightly
Insecticide
A poison used to kill insects
Refute
To show to be mistaken
To demonstrate the falseness or error of
Recalcitrant
Stubbornly disobedient
That denies control or manipulation
One who is recalcitrant
Ravenous
Very hungry
Pungent
Sharp and strong in taste or smell
Prudent
Showing good judgment and caution
Prone
Having a habit of doing something
Ex. He is prone to working very hard
Reminisce
To recall past experiences often with fondness or pleasure
Pacify
To calm or bring peace of mind to
Overt
Openly apparent
Ostentatious
Done or designed with the intention of impressing others and Consequently overly showy or grandiose
Opulent
Having or displaying wealth
Very abundant
Opaque
Not letting light pass through
Having a flat dull face
Omit
To leave out
Ominous
Having a sign of future evil or trouble
Obtuse
Not keen or quick to notice, feel, or comprehend
Rounded or blunt at the tip
Obstinate
Not willing to change one’s ideas
Null
Not having legal force
Not having any value
In math, not having any element or members
Noxious
Harmful, dangerous, especially to health
Novice
A person with little or no experience at a particular job/activity
Nostalgic
A longing for the past
Noncommittal
Not revealing what one’s preference, feeling, or opinion is
Negate
To render ineffective or invalid
To deny the correctness or existence of
Mystify
To confuse or puzzle, often on purpose
Pretentious
Making or inclined to make a showy display of one’s wealth, achievements, or the like
Prejudiced
An opinion without knowing the facts
Hatred or unfair treatment for a person without cause
Predominate
To exercise authority or control
To be the greater or greatest in importance, prominence, or amount
Pragmatic
Concerned with actual causes and effects rather than abstract theories or ideas
Of or relating to the theory of pragmatism
Perplexed
To puzzle, confuse, or cause uncertainty
Perpetuate
To cause to last or be remembered
Permeate
To pass or diffuse through
To penetrate, spread, or become diffused
Patron
A regular customer of a shop, restaurant, or some other business
A person who gives money to support a group or cause
Partisan
A person who is strongly or actively devoted to some cause, idea, group, or person
Parsimonious
Excessively frugal
Parody
A humerous imitation in print, music, or performance of a serious person, work of art, or publication
Paltry
Small, trifling, or worthless
Palpable
Easy to sense or perceive
Able to be touched, felt, or handled
Unruly
Not easy to restrict
Uncouth
Lacking manners
Awkward or peculiar inform or appearance
Trite
Ineffective or stale because of frequent repetition
Trifle
Something that has very little value or importance
To treat someone or something without seriousness or respect
Toil
Long or difficult work
Zany
Silly or comical
Fantastically different or far fetched
Writhe
To twist or turn the body as in pain, discomfort
Wrath
Fierce anger
Wily
Clever deceitful
Weary
Tired in body or mind
To make weary
Wax
To grow or increase in amount, size, strength
Wane
To become slowly less in size
To become less powerful, rich or strong
Voracious
Consuming large quantities of food
Having a great. And constant desire for a particular activity or pursuit
