SSAT 3000 HARD 2768-2800 Flashcards
Colloquialism
A word used in everyday informal talk
Slang, informality
Stalactite
Formation of rock, shaped lie an icicle, hanging from the roof of a cave
Occultation
Disappearance from view or notice
Concealment, eclipse
Congregation
Coming together into a crowd
Assemblage, gathering
Consonance
Harmony
Agreement, conformity
Ténébreuse
Shut off from the light
Dark, gloomy
Parsimony
Extreme economy
Stinginess, frugality
Offertory
Collection of things given as an act of worship
Contribution, donation
Mutineer
Person who takes part in a mutiny
Open rebellion, insurgent
Valediction
An act of bidding farewell or taking leave
Inundation
A flood
Deluge, torrent
Habitable
Fit to live in
Indiscrète
Not separated into distinct parts
Degeneracy
Character condition that is declining
Corruption, debasement
Placket
An opening or slip in a garment, especially at the top of a dress, making it easy to put on
Bracken
A thicket of ferns
Demurrer
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
Accelerando
The gradual increasing of speed (music)
Quicken, faster
Discernment
Keenness for understanding
Insight, judgment
Somatic
Of or having to do with the body
Fleshly, bodily
Spatiality
Quality or character of having to do with space
Suavity
Smoothly agreeable quality or behaviour
Verbiage
Use of too many words
Redundancy, tenseness
Manorial
Relating to a large estate
Provenance
Source or origin
Birthplace, root
Nocturne
Dreamy or pensive musical piece
Capitulation
Surrender, submission, yielding
Pluralism
Quality of being more than one
Permutation
A change from one state or position to another
Alteration, changing
Periphrasis
A roundabout way of speaking or writing
Circumlocution
Thane
A nobleman, ranked between an earl and commoner
Feckless
Spiritless
Weak, ineffective
Domineering
Inclined to rule in an overbearing or assertive way
Overbearing, tyrannical
