SSAT 3000 HARD 2634-2667 Flashcards
Masticatoire
Having to do with or used in chewing
Stricture
Unfavourable criticism
Blame
Exodus
A going out
Departure, evacuation
Austere
Simple or plain, not fancy
Inclemency
Lacking kindness or mercy
Austerity, coldness
Tabernacle
A house of worship
Vapidity
Lacking or having lost sharpness, flavour, or spirit
Drabness, dullness
Fusillade
Rapid and continuous discharge of firearms
Barrage
Panoply
A splendid array
Display, exhibition
Extricable
That can be set free from entanglements or difficulties
Sycophant
A servile or self-serving flatterer
Lackey, minion
Microcosm
A universe or world in miniature
Presage
A sign felt as a warning
Omen, prediction
Proviso
Clause or article in a contract, agreement
Ambiguity
The possibility that something could be interpreted more than one way
Doubt, uncertainty
Quintessential
Having the nature of the purest from of something
Typical, ultimate
Peradventure
Maybe
Chance, possible
Circumspection
Caution
Carefulness, discretion
Enterprise
Great or bold undertaking
Adventure, operation
Gullibility
Being easily deceived or cheated
Artlessness
Matutinal
Having to do with occurring early in the morning
Risibility
Ability or inclination to laugh
Stymie
To block completely
Hinder, thwart
Veritable
True or real
Authentic, factual
Appurtenance
An object that is used with or for something
Incarnadine
To make blood-red
Redden, boldly
Synchronous
Occurring at the same time
Concurrent, simultaneous
Contumelious
Insulting
Disdainful, brazen
Ruminate
Think or ponder
Contemplate, meditate
Spousal
The ceremony of marriage
Matrimony, nuptial
Emasculate
Destroy the force of
Weaken, debilitate
Discomfiture
The act of making someone confused or upset
Satirise
Attack with sarcasm, irony or wit to ridicule something
Mock, lampoon
Reliquary
A small box that contains relics
