SSAT First Lesson

Question 1

Abdicate

Answer 1

Renounce one’s throne.
Fail to fulfill or undertake.
Ex. In 2007 King Thomas II abdicated from the throne.

Question 2

Akin

Answer 2

Of similar character.

Ex. A human is akin to a monkey.

Question 3

Altruism

Answer 3

The principle or practice of unselfish concern for or devotion to the welfare of others
Ex. Altruism becomes scarce when there is a shortage of money.

Question 4

Androgynous

Answer 4

Partly male and partly female in appearance.

Ex. Thomas looked androgynous today with his new haircut.

Question 5

Banal

Answer 5

To be so lacking in originality to be obvious and boring.

Ex. The same stories reworded quickly become banal.

Question 6

Bellicose

Answer 6

Demonstrating roughness and willingness to fight.

Ex. Some soldier demonstrate bellicose during the war.

Question 7

Bemoan

Answer 7

Express discontent or sorrow over something.

Ex. After a lost, people are usually bemoaned before going back to their usual selves.

Question 8

Bombastic

Answer 8

Pompous but with little meaning.

Ex. Some people are really bombastic when they think they will win something.

Question 9

Burgeon

Answer 9

Begin to grow and to increase rapidly.

Ex. Our company burgeoned over night.

Question 10

Capitulate

Answer 10

Cease to resist an opponent or to unwelcome demand.

Ex. The birds had to capitulate to enemy forces.

Question 11

Chagrin

Answer 11

Distress or embarrassment at having failed or been humiliated.  
Ex. Jonas was faced with deep chagrin after the whole class insulted him.

Question 12

Coalesce

Answer 12

Come together and form one mass or whole.

Ex. The puddles had coalesced into large streams.

Question 13

Congenial

Answer 13

Pleasant because of a personality, qualities, or interests that are similar to one’s own.
Ex. There are always those people who are congenial towards everybody,

Question 14

Contrite

Answer 14

Feeling or expressing remorse or penitence; affected by guilt.
Ex. After lying to her friends, the girl was bitten with contrite.

Question 15

Dawdle

Answer 15

Waste time; Be slow.

Ex. I cannot dawdle with my homework anymore.

Question 16

Deft

Answer 16

Neatly skillful and neat in one’s movements.

Ex. Legolas in the Hobbit was deft throughout the story.

Question 17

Disavow

Answer 17

Deny any responsibility or support for.

Ex. After retirement, she had to disavow from her position in her business.

Question 18

Acumen

Answer 18

To demonstrate skill.

You need good acumen to run a good business.

Question 19

Disparage

Answer 19

Regard or represent as being of little worth.

Ex. Many things at the dollar store is regarded as disparage.

Question 20

Egress

Answer 20

The action of going out of or leaving a place.

Ex. If there is a fire, people egress out of the building.

Question 21

Feasible

Answer 21

Possible to do easily or conveniently.

Ex. Nowadays, people can use technology at take hard tasks and make them feasible.

Question 22

Evict

Answer 22

Expel from a property, especially with the support of the law.
Ex. The trespassers were evicted from the property.

Question 23

Embryonic

Answer 23

Relating to an embryo.