SSAT VOCABULARY Flashcards
ACCOMMODATION
SOMETHING THAT SUPPLIES AID
ASSISTANCE, ADAPTATION
COLLEGIATE
OR OR LIKE COLLEGE
SCHOLARLY, SCHOLASTIC
NOTION
IDEA OR UNDERSTANDING
CONCEPT, ASSUMPTION
SOBER
SENSIBLE, TEMPERATE OR MODERATE
SERIOUS, SEDATE
UNTOWARD
UNFAVORABLE OR UNFORTUNATE
TROUBLESOME, DISTURBING
DISAFFECTION
UNFRIENDLINESS
ANIMOSITY, ANTAGONISM
DISINCLINATION
PREFERENCE FOR AVOIDING SOMETHING
RELUCTANCE, HESITATION
OVERSIGHT
FAILURE TO NOTICE OR THINK OF SOMETHING
OMISSION, LAPSE
REGULARITY
CONTROLLING BY RULE
SUPERVISORY, ADMINISTRATIVE
SCAFFOLDING
MATERIALS FOR A RAISED FRAMEWORK
GRADATION
SMALL DIFFERENCE THAT CAN BE SEEN BETWEEN TWO PARTS IN SOMETHING THAT CHANGES GRADUALLY
MUCKRAKER
WRITER WHOSE WORK EXPOSES CORRUPTION IN BUSINESS OR POLITICS
GERRYMANDER
BREAK UP POLITICAL BOUNDARIES IN AN ODD SHAPE IN ORDER TO GIVE ONESELF OR ONE’S PARTY AN ELECTORAL EDGE
CANVASS
GO ABOUT, USUALLY ON FOOT, ASKING FOR PEOPLE’S VOTE
INAUGURATE
SIGNAL, USUALLY WITH A CEREMONY, THE BEGINNING OF A PERSON’S TERM OF OFFICE
BARNSTORM
MAKE A RAPID TOUR THROUGH RURAL AREAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIRING VOTES
MUDSLINGING
ACT OF INSULTING OR DEFAMING A POLITICAL OPPONENT
INTERREGNUM
PERIOD ONE RULE LEAVING OFFICE AND ANOTHER TAKING OVER, OR A SLIGHT PAUSE IN THE GOVERNMENT IF A PERSON IN POWER IS VOTED IN FOR ANOTHER TERM
OPINE
HOLDING OR EXPRESSING OPINIONS
CONCEIVE, THINK
CROTCHETY
FULL OF ODD NOTIONS
CANTANKEROUS, GROUCHY
PERVERSE
MORALLY BAD
CORRUPT, IMMORAL
EJACULATE
SAY SUDDENLY AND BRIEFLY
EXCLAIM, PROCLAIM
FETCHING
ATTRACTIVE, CHARMING
ENCHANTING, CAPTIVATING
SAGACIOUS
WISE IN A PRACTICAL WAY
ASTUTE, JUDICIOUS
SURREAL
EERIE OR BIZARRE
DREAMLIKE
PARTITION
DIVIDING UP
APPORTIONMENT, SEPARATION
CAVORT
PRANCE ABOUT
RAMP, CAPER
OBJECTIONABLE
LIKELY TO BE DISAGREEABLE OR OFFENSIVE
DISTASTEFUL, DEPLORABLE
GAUGE
MEASURE ACCURATELY
INDICATOR, CAPACITY
MANNERISM
PECULIAR OR UNIQUE WAY A PERSON BEHAVES
ECCENTRICITY, IDIOSYNCRASY
HELM
HANDLE OR WHEEL BY WHICH A SHIP IS STEERED
INHIBITION
NERVOUS FEELING THAT PREVENTS YOU FROM EXPRESSING YOUR THOUGHTS OR FEELINGS
INDECOROUS
IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROPER BEHAVIOR
RUDE, IMPROPER
FRINGE
BORDER
PIAZZA
LARGE PORCH ALONG ONE OR MORE SIDES OF THE HOUSE
VERANDA, PATIO
INDECOROUS
NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROPER BEHAVIOR
RUDE, IMPROPER
DECENTRALIZE
TO SPREAD OR DISTRIBUTE INTO SMALLER GROUPS
DISPERSE, DISTRIBUTE
GURNEY
CART FOR MOVING PATIENTS IN A HOSPITAL
PARISHIONER
AN INHABITANT OR MEMBER OF A DISTRICT THAT HAS ITS OWN CHURCH
FOLLOWER, MEMBER
ERRATIC
NOT STEADY
IRREGUALR, INCONSISTENT
PALISADE
A LINE OF HIGH, STEEP CLIFFS
PLAIN, PLATEAU
BLOCKBUSTER
SOMETHING THAT IS LARGE OR OVERWHELMING
FORESIGHTED
HAVING OR SHOWING THE POWER TO KNOW BEFOREHAND WHAT IS LIKELY TO HAPPEN
VISIONARY, FARSIGHTED
BLUSTERY
STORMING NOISILY OR VIOLENTLY
GUSTY, TURBULENT
CHOREOGRAPH
TO ARRANGE MOVEMENTS, SUCH AS DANCES
SYNC
VEILING
A COVERING UP
SHROUD, CLOAK
GRISTLE
CARTILAGE FOUND IN MEAT
COMPILER
ONE WHO COLLECTS AND BRINGS TOGETHER INTO A LIST
HEIRLOOM
A PIECE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY THAT HAS BEEN HANDED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION
HERITAGE
