SSAT 3000 HARD 2332-2363 Flashcards

1
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Sparsity

A

In a scattered condition

Scarceness, eagerness

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2
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Cogency

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Persuasion, conviction

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3
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Bureaucracy

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Officials running government division

Administration, government

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4
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Dowry

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Money or property a woman brings to the man she marries

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5
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Novelized

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To make into a novel

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6
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Preternatural

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Out of the ordinary

Unusual, abnormal

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7
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Sinuosity

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Having many curves or turns

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8
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Cordate

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Heart-shaped

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9
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Spiritualism

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Belief that spirits of the dead communicate with the living

Mysticism

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10
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Sidereal

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Having to do with stars

Stellar, astral

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11
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Corpulence

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Fatness, stoutness, plumpness

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12
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Vainglorious

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Extreme pride in oneself

Arrogant, boasting

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13
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Calcify

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To make or become rigid

Fortify

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14
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Intramural

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Inside, indoors, internal

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15
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Stockade

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Pen or other enclosure, barrier

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16
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Pixilated

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Slightly crazy

Capricious, eccentric

17
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Biopsy

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Examination of cells or tissues

18
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Irresolute

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Unable to make up one’s mind

Indecisive, faltering

19
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Flattery

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Praising too much

Blandishment, cajolery

20
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Privation

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Lack of comforts, poverty destitution

21
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Scurrility

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Coarse joking, indecency, obscenity

22
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Inexpedient

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Not practical, futile, detrimental

23
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Calibration

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Being adjusted to the scale of something

Adjustment

24
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Jerkin

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A short, close fitting coat or jacket without sleeves

25
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Shibboleth

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An old idea, opinion or saying

Old-fashioned

26
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Poltroon

A

A wretched coward

27
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Hematoma

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Tumor or swelling made up of blood

28
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Itinerate

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Travel from place to place,

Nomadic, wandering

29
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Venerability

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Commanding respect because of age

30
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Naturalistic

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A natural history

31
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Impugn

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Attack by words or argument

32
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Hegemony

A

Political domination

Dominion, command