SSAT 3000 HARD 2601-2633 Flashcards

1
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Exaction

A

Requiring or much

Demand, command

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2
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Caprice

A

Suddenly change of mind without reason

Whim, impulse

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3
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Valorize

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To assign a value to

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4
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Glabrous

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Without hair or down

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5
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Megalomania

A

Mental disorder marked by delusions of great personal power or importance

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6
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Spelunker

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A person who explores and maps caves as a hobby

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7
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Concernent

A

Importance

Interest, magnitude

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8
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Portentous

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Indicating evil to come

Foreboding, ominous

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9
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Supercilious

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Haughty, proud and contemptuous

Arrogant, cocky

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10
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Resonance

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The quality of giving back sound

Echo, reverberation

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11
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Commutation

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An exchange

Substitution, interchange

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12
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Occlusion

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Being shut in or shut off

Closure, barrier

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13
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Melancholy

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Condition of sadness or low spirits

Depression, gloom

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14
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Horologe

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Any device which indicates time, like a clock

Watch, timepiece

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15
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Peonage

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Practice of holding persons to work off debts

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16
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Homologous

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Corresponding in position, proportions, values, structures

Alike, corresponding

17
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Hallmark

A

Any distinguishing feature

Trademark, indicator

18
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Cohesive

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Tending to hold together

United adhesive

19
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Evocation

A

A calling forth

Invocation, conjuration

20
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Germinate

A

Make double or go in pairs

Binary, couple

21
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Debauchery

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Excessive, indulgence

Revelry, binge

22
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Derogate

A

Take away a part so as to impair

Detract, disparage

23
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Bondage

A

Lack of freedom

Slavery, servitude

24
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Plangent

A

Making the noise of waves breaking on the shore

25
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Emblematic

A

Of or used as an emblem, object that stands for a quality or idea

26
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Indite

A

Put in words or writing

Compose, write

27
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Rosaceous

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Belonging to the rose family

28
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Conferee

A

Someone who participates in a conference

Colleague, comrade

29
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Incipience

A

The very beginning

Origin, outset

30
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Pluralise

A

To make more than one

Multiply, add

31
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Stenographer

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Person who takes dictation in shorthand and transcribes it

32
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Gastric

A

Of or near the stomach

33
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Espial

A

Act of spying

Observation