SSAT 3000 HARD 2364-2400 Flashcards

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Objectivity

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Condition or quality of not being influenced

Detachment, neutrality

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2
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Senescence

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Fact or condition of growing old

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3
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Dementia

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Deterioration of the mind

Derangement, delirium

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4
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Perspicacity

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Keen perceptions, insightful

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5
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Sortie

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A sudden attack by troops

Raid, rush

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Celerity

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Swiftness of movement

Speed, bisknesss

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7
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Analogous

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Similar in certain qualities

Comparable, corresponding

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Circumnavigation

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An act of sailing around

Detour, divergence

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Expound

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Make clear, clarity, delineate

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10
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Commodity

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Asset, advantage

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Transmute

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To change from one nature to another

Mutate, convert

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12
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Conscientious

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Careful to do what is right

Moral, honorable

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Laudable

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Worthy of praise

Commendable, creditable

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14
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Salable

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That can be sold

Marketable, sellable

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15
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Chevalier

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Knight, cadet, soldier

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16
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Genealogical

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Having to do with a person’s ancestors

17
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Botanical

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Having to do with plants and plant life

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Aficionado

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A person who is devoted to a sport

Devotee, connoisseur

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Contemptuous

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Scornful, disdainful, condescending

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Superannuated

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Outmoded, old-fashioned

21
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Congruence

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In harmony, agreeing, accord

22
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Intuitive

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Perceiving or understanding, instinctive, innate

23
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Gentrification

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Rehabilitation of a run down area

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Acquiescent

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Inclined to agree quietly

Yielding, submissive

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Bleach

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To draw back or shrink away

Cringe, recoil

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Apportionment

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A dividing into fair shares

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Striated

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Striped or streaked

28
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Fratricide

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A killing of one’s own brother or sister

29
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Sagitate

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Shaped like an arrowhead

30
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Penurious

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Mean about spending or giving money

31
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Petulance

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Being likely to have a bad temper

Peevish, cantankerous

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Mimesis

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Imitation, mimicry, copy

33
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Invocation

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Calling upon a prayer

Prayer, appeal

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Circadian

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Having to do with the daily rhythm of the body

Day-to-day, routine

35
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Monochromatic

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Only one color

36
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Denunciation

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Expressing strong disapproval

Censure, denouncement

37
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Discountenance

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To make ashamed

Embarrass, disconcert