Words I missed Upper Level SSAT Section 3

Question 1

Contort

Answer 1

twist or bend out of the normal shape.

Question 2

Proclivity

Answer 2

a tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition toward a particular thing.

Question 3

Stymie

Answer 3

hinder the progress of

Question 4

Truncate

Answer 4

shorten

Question 5

Refractory

Answer 5

stubborn or unmanageable

Question 6

Guile

Answer 6

sly or cunning intellegance

Question 7

Champion

Answer 7

support the cause of; defend.

Question 8

Fallow

Answer 8

(of farmland) plowed and harrowed but left unsown for a period in order to restore its fertility as part of a crop rotation or to avoid surplus production.
“incentives for farmers to let the land lie fallow in order to reduce grain surpluses”

(of a sow) not pregnant.

a piece of fallow or uncultivated land.
“a great estate was usually divided between fallows, grazed stubble, and wheat”

leave (land) fallow.

Question 9

Inauspicious

Answer 9

not conducive to success; unpromising.

unlucky.

Question 10

Aggrandize

Answer 10

increase the power, status, or wealth of.
“an action intended to aggrandize the Frankish dynasty”

enhance the reputation of (someone) beyond what is justified by the facts.