SSAT 3000 HARD 2834-2867 Flashcards

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Dossier

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Collection of documents or papers about some subject

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Emulsion

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Mixture of liquids that do not dissolve into each other,

Blend, compound

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Neonatal

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Having to do with newborn babies

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Promulgate

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To proclaim formally

Publicise, spread

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Appliqué

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Ornaments that are sewn to another material

Ornament, decoration

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Phantasmagoria

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A shifting scene of real things, illusions, deceptions

Illusion, dream

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Dodder

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To be unsteady

Quiver, shudder

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Cataclysmic

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Of or relating to a violent change

Calamitous, catastrophic

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Delinquency

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Neglect of a duty

Misconduct, offense

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Charity

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Cautiously

Delicately, warily

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Billet

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A place where someone is lodged,, especially a soldier

Camp, dwelling

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Educe

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Draw forth

Elicit, deduce

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Ventral

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Having to do with the belly

Intestinal, gastric

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Suspiration

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A sigh

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Antagonise

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To arouse dislike or make an enemy of someone

Annoy irritate

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Retrofit

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To modernize by incorporating changes to a later model

Modify

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Prenable

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Open to attack

Assailable, vulnerable

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Galumph

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Gallop in a clumsy way

Clump, stumble

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Preponderate

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Being stronger or more numerous

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Sensate

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Able to perceive by means of one or more of the senses

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Argyle

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A diamond-shaped pattern

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Postulant

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A candidate, especially for admission to a religious order

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Excrescent

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Forming an unnatural growth

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Concession

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A yielding

Granting, compromise

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Synthesize

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Combine into a complex whole

Incorporate, combine

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Lepidopterist

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A person who collects butterflies

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Eclipse

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Cut off of dim the light from

Obscure, veil

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Vassal

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In the Middle Ages, a person granted the use of land in return for fealty to a lord

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Depository

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Place where something is stored for safekeeping

Storehouse, repository

30
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Ecocide

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Destruction of the natural environment

31
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Vermillion

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A bright red

Crimson, charming

32
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Mercantile

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Having to do with merchants or trade

Commercial, sales

33
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Schizophrenia

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A from of psychosis characterised by dissociation from the environment and deterioration of personality

34
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Circumlocutory

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Marked by a roundabout way of talking

Indirectness, wordiness