SSAT 3000 MEDIUM 1967-2000 Flashcards

1
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Oblige

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Bind by a promise, contract, duty

Impel, obligate

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2
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Sprawl

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To toss or spread out the arms and leg

Flop,lounge

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3
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Nonsensical

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Foolish or absurd

Silly, ridiculous

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4
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Cobbler

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A shoemaker

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5
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Emission

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Acto fo giving off

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6
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Readability

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Quality of being easy to read

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7
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Interference

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Act or fact of getting in the way of each other

Obstruction, meddling

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8
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Amass

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To gather together

Accumulate, compile

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9
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Segregation

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Separation from others

Separation, division

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10
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Heterosexual

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Manifesting sexual feeling for a person of the opposite sex

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11
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Recoil

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To draw back

Backfire, rebound

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12
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Experiential

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Based on experience

Factual observational

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13
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Recitation

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A saying over or repeating

Narration, recounting

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14
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Upholstery

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Covering for furniture

Covering, cushioning

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15
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Unceremonious

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Informal

Abrupt, blunt

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16
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Tryst

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Appointment to meet at a certain time and place

Meeting, rendezvous

17
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Specificity

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The quality of being particular or precise

Particularity, distinction

18
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Alchemist

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A person who studies the art of changing metal into gold

Magician, sorcerer

19
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Insentient

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Unable to feel

Lifeless, inanimate

20
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Rotary

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Of circular motion

Whirling, spinning

21
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Immigrate

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Come into a foreign country or region to live there

Migrate, settle

22
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Sweltering

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Extremely or unpleasantly hot

Hot, burning

23
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Crone

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A withered old woman

Bedlam, hag

24
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Wanderlust

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A strong desire to travel

25
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Knurled

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Having knots, gnarled

26
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Azure

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The clear blue color of the sky

Blue, cerulean

27
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Matinee

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Dramatic or musical performance held in the early afternoon

28
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Bungalow

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A small house usually one story

29
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Decennial

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Of or for ten years

30
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Mangle

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To cut or tear

Disfigure, maul

31
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Boastful

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Speaking to well about yourself

Pompous, pretentious

32
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Devolution

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To transfer a duty to another

33
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Prospective

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Something that is looked forward to as likely or promised

Possibility, probability

34
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Instrumental

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Acting or serving as a means

Tempting, captivating