SSAT 3000 MEDIUM 1031-1067 Flashcards
Adversity
Condition of being faced with unfavorable circumstances
Difficulty, misfortune
Perverse
Morally bad
Corrupt, immoral
Fetching
Attractive, charming
Enchanting, captivating
Sagacious
Wise in a practical way
Astute, judicious
Strenuous
Requiring or characterized by exertion, such as action or effort
Difficult, arduous
Inhibition
A nervous feeling that prevents you from expressing your thoughts or feelings
Reserve, suppression
Indecorous
Not in accordance with proper behavior
Rude, improper
Decentralize
To spread or distribute into smaller groups
Disperse, distribute
Unaccountable
That cannot be fully explained
Arcane, inexplicable
Emphatic
Said or done with force or stress
Forceful, vehement
Blockbuster
Something that is large or overwhelming
Dispassionate
Free from emotion
Impartial, indifferent
Scrunch
To crunch or crush
Rumple, crumple
Transparency
Quality of being able to see completely through
Antiquity
Great age
Antique, relic
Intolerable
Too much to be endured
Unacceptable, impossible
Apathy
Lack of interest
Indifference, disinterest
Intricacy
Complicated in nature or condition
Complexity, elaborateness
Opine
Holding or expressing
Conceive, think
Crotchety
Full of odd notions
Cantankerous, grouchy
Odometer
Device for measuring distance traveled by a vehicle
Infiltration
To secretly enter or join in order to get information or do harm
Invasion, intrusion
Dissipation
The act of slowly disappearing or becoming less
Dissolution
Theoretical
Planned or worked out in the mind, not from experience
Hypothetical, abstract
Rejuvenate
To make young or vigorous again
Revivify, refresh
Ejaculate
Say suddenly and briefly
Exclaim, proclaim
Prohibitive
Enough to prevent something
Restrictive, limiting
Delicatessen
Store that sells foods such as meat, cheese, and sandwiches
Oblivious
Not mindful
Forgetful, inattentive
Flimsy
Lacking material strength
Feeble, rickety
Unisex
Suitable for use by either male or female
Surveillance
Watch kept over a person
Observation, scrutiny
Polychrome
Having many various colors
Multicolored, mottled
Tyrannical
Of a person who uses power cruelly or unjustly
Oppressive, despotic
Gorge
Stuff with food
Gobble, devour
Surreal
Eerie, bizarre, dreamlike
Partition
Dividing up
Apportionment, separation
Cavort
To prance about
Romp, caper
Minstrel
A singer, musician or poet
Parasitic
Living on others
Hacker
A person who specializes in breaking into computer systems
Franchise
Right to vote
Suffrage, vote