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SSAT 3000 HARD 2768-2800 Flashcards

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Colloquialism

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A word used in everyday informal talk

Slang, informality

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Stalactite

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Formation of rock, shaped lie an icicle, hanging from the roof of a cave

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Occultation

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Disappearance from view or notice

Concealment, eclipse

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Congregation

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Coming together into a crowd

Assemblage, gathering

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5
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Consonance

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Harmony

Agreement, conformity

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Ténébreuse

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Shut off from the light

Dark, gloomy

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Parsimony

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Extreme economy

Stinginess, frugality

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Offertory

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Collection of things given as an act of worship

Contribution, donation

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Mutineer

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Person who takes part in a mutiny

Open rebellion, insurgent

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Valediction

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An act of bidding farewell or taking leave

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Inundation

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A flood

Deluge, torrent

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Habitable

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Fit to live in

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Indiscrète

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Not separated into distinct parts

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Degeneracy

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Character condition that is declining

Corruption, debasement

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Placket

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An opening or slip in a garment, especially at the top of a dress, making it easy to put on

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Bracken

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A thicket of ferns

17
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Demurrer

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A response in a court proceeding in which the defendant does not dispute the truth of the allegation but claims it is not sufficient ground to justify legal action

18
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Accelerando

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The gradual increasing of speed (music)

Quicken, faster

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Discernment

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Keenness for understanding

Insight, judgment

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Somatic

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Of or having to do with the body

Fleshly, bodily

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Spatiality

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Quality or character of having to do with space

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Suavity

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Smoothly agreeable quality or behaviour

23
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Verbiage

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Use of too many words

Redundancy, tenseness

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Manorial

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Relating to a large estate

25
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Provenance

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Source or origin

Birthplace, root

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Nocturne

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Dreamy or pensive musical piece

27
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Capitulation

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Surrender, submission, yielding

28
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Pluralism

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Quality of being more than one

29
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Permutation

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A change from one state or position to another

Alteration, changing

30
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Periphrasis

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A roundabout way of speaking or writing

Circumlocution

31
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Thane

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A nobleman, ranked between an earl and commoner

32
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Feckless

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Spiritless

Weak, ineffective

33
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Domineering

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Inclined to rule in an overbearing or assertive way

Overbearing, tyrannical

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