SSAT VOCAB Flashcards
AMIABLE
Having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner
ACUTE
(Of a bad, difficult, or unwelcoming situation or phenomenon) present or experienced to a severe or intense degree
Having or showing a perceptive understanding or insight; shrewd
ALOOF
Not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant
ALTRUISM
The belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well being of others
ADMONISH
Advise or urge
Warn someone of something to be avoided
Warn or reprimand someone firmly
AMELIORATE
Make something bad or unsatisfactory better
ANGUISH
Severe mental or physical pain and/or suffering
ALLEGE
Claim or assert that someone has donde something illegal or wrong, typically without proof that this is the case
ANDROGYNOUS
Having male and female appearance
ABDICATE
Renounce ones throne
Fail to fulfill or undertake (a responsibility or duty)
ADAMANT
Refusing to be persuaded or to change someone’s mind
ADVERSARY
Ones opponent in a contest, conflict or dispute
ACCLAIMED
Praise enthusiastically and publicly
ANIMOSITY
Strong Hostility
ANNEX
Add an extra; a building joined or associated with the main building providing additional space or accommodations
Antagonistic
Showing or feeling active opposition or hostility towards someone or something
Antipathy
A deep-seated feeling of dislike; aversion
Anxious
Experiencing worry, unease, nervousness typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome
Sofia is anxious about the SAT she doesn’t know how she’s going to do
Apprehension
Anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen
Sofia felt sick with apprehension about the SAT she didn’t know how she’s going to do
Arbitrary
Based on a random choice or personal whim rather than any reason or system
Arid
Lacking in interest excitement or meaning - second definition of land or a climate having little or no rain to dry or barren to support vegetation
Ascertain
Find something out for certain make sure of
Sophia was attempting to ascertain the reason why she didn’t get a good score on the SAT
Aspect
A particular part or feature of something
Aspiration
Hope or ambition of achieving something
Sofia had an aspiration that she would do well on the SAT
Assail
To make a concerted or violent attack on
Scotts army assailed Edwards army from the rear
Assent
The expression or approval or agreement
Assert
State a fact or belief confidently and forcefully
Assess
Evaluate our estimate the nature ability or quality of
Assured
Confident protected against discontinuance or change
Astonish
Surprise or impress someone greatly
