SSAT 3000 HARD 2601-2633 Flashcards
Exaction
Requiring or much
Demand, command
Caprice
Suddenly change of mind without reason
Whim, impulse
Valorize
To assign a value to
Glabrous
Without hair or down
Megalomania
Mental disorder marked by delusions of great personal power or importance
Spelunker
A person who explores and maps caves as a hobby
Concernent
Importance
Interest, magnitude
Portentous
Indicating evil to come
Foreboding, ominous
Supercilious
Haughty, proud and contemptuous
Arrogant, cocky
Resonance
The quality of giving back sound
Echo, reverberation
Commutation
An exchange
Substitution, interchange
Occlusion
Being shut in or shut off
Closure, barrier
Melancholy
Condition of sadness or low spirits
Depression, gloom
Horologe
Any device which indicates time, like a clock
Watch, timepiece
Peonage
Practice of holding persons to work off debts
Homologous
Corresponding in position, proportions, values, structures
Alike, corresponding
Hallmark
Any distinguishing feature
Trademark, indicator
Cohesive
Tending to hold together
United adhesive
Evocation
A calling forth
Invocation, conjuration
Germinate
Make double or go in pairs
Binary, couple
Debauchery
Excessive, indulgence
Revelry, binge
Derogate
Take away a part so as to impair
Detract, disparage
Bondage
Lack of freedom
Slavery, servitude
Plangent
Making the noise of waves breaking on the shore
Emblematic
Of or used as an emblem, object that stands for a quality or idea
Indite
Put in words or writing
Compose, write
Rosaceous
Belonging to the rose family
Conferee
Someone who participates in a conference
Colleague, comrade
Incipience
The very beginning
Origin, outset
Pluralise
To make more than one
Multiply, add
Stenographer
Person who takes dictation in shorthand and transcribes it
Gastric
Of or near the stomach
Espial
Act of spying
Observation