SSAT 3000 HARD 2701-2733 Flashcards
Tumultuous
Characterised by noise or uproar
Boisterous, fierce
Accession
The act of gaining a certain right or office
Attainment
Consolatory
Comforting
Reassuring, encouraging
Soubrette
A flirtatious, pert, lively young woman
Imprecate
Call down curses or evil
Curse, damn
Cacophonous
A harsh sound
Discordant, noisy
Translucence
Quality of mostly letting light through but not completely
Resurgence
A rising again,
Revival, rebirth
Distrait
Not paying attention
Dreamy, inattentive
Sophistry
Unsound reasoning
Trickery, deception
Biddable
Doing what is ordered
Obedient, compliant
Ambiance
Atmosphere
Surroundings
Noxious
Very harmful to life or health
Putrid, toxic
Recalcitrance
Refusal to submit, conform, or comply
Defiance, unruliness
Expenditure
An expense
Spending
Poignancy
A being piercing or stimulation to the mind, feelings or passions
Intensity, emotion
Drubbing
A thorough defeat
Thrashing
Abstention
The act of refraining from or not doing something
Abstinence, refusal
Differential
Showing qualities that are unalienable
Contrasting, disparate
Stoicism
The quality or behaviour of a person who accepts what happens without complaining or showing emotion
Impassiveness
Esculent
Suitable for food
Comestible, consumable
Stridency
Making or having a harsh sound
Bellow, clamour
Intrepid
Very brave
Fearless, dauntless
Solsticial
Of or having to do with a solstice (when the sun is the furthest from the equator)
Oxymoron
Figure of speech in which words of opposite meaning are used together
Vertiginous
Whirling or revolving
Spinning, turning
Aqueous
Made with water
Epitomise
To be representative of
Embody, typify
Reticence
Tendency to be silent or say little
Shyness, hesitation
Compendium
Summary that gives information
Digest, abstract
Legislation
The making of laws
Regulating, ruling
Gasconade
Extravagant boasting
Brag, flaunt
Cosmopolite
A person who feels at home in all parts of the world
