SSAT 3000 HARD 2534-2567

Question 1

Triumvirate

Answer 1

Government run by three persons together

Threesome, triad

Question 2

Prolixity

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Too great length

Wordy, verbose

Question 3

Diluvien

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Of or having to do with a flood

Question 4

Elicitation

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Drawing forth

Extraction, evocation

Question 5

Vignette

Answer 5

A literary sketch

Question 6

Penitence

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Sorrow for sinning or doing wrong

Regret, penance

Question 7

Digitate

Answer 7

Having separate or divided fingers and toes

Question 8

Pestiferous

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Bringing disease or infection

Plague, contagious

Question 9

Meritorious

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Deserving reward or praise

Question 10

Suppositional

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Of or based on considering something as possible

Alleged, supposed

Question 11

Saccharine

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Overly sweet

Cloying, sentimental

Question 12

Sanguineous

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Of or like blood

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Ostentation

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A showing off

Flashiness, pageantry

Question 14

Contraband

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Goods imported into a country illegally

Bootleg, smuggled

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Polemicize

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To carry on a dispute or controversy

Argue, conflict

Question 16

Solubility

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Quality of dissolving or of being easily dissolved

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Hepatic

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Of or having to do with the liver

Question 18

Blazon

Answer 18

Make known

Proclaim, announce

Question 19

Vaticinante

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To predict or prophesy

Foresee, divine

Question 20

Bipedalism

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Possession of or moving upon two feet

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Sordid

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Marked by baseless or grossness

Sullied, besmirched

Question 22

Belligerency

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Waging war or fond of fighting

Pugnacious, bellicosity

Question 23

Egoistic

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Seeking the welfare of oneself only

Selfish, conceited

Question 24

Palpability

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Quality of being tangible

Corporeality, embodiment

Question 25

Symptomatic

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Being a sign

Emblematic, symbolic

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Superficiality

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Quality or condition of being on or of the surface

Skin-deep, shallow

Question 27

Asserate

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State positivity

Declare, maintain

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Virtuosity

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The character, ability or skill of a person who has special knowledge or skill in a field

Skill adroitness

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Diametrically

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Directly

Question 30

Fetish

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Anything regarded by a primitive people for its supposed magic purpose

Amulet, charm

Question 31

Subservient

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Slavishly polite and obedient

Submissive,servile

Question 32

Gentility

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Being born of good family and social position

Sophistication, cultivation

Question 33

Homonym

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Word having the same pronunciation and spelling but a different meaning

Question 34

Slanderous

Answer 34

Speaking or spreading false statements with the intent of harming someone’s reputation

Libelous, defamatory