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SSAT words
abase(v.) - answer✔to lower, demean, degrade
abate(v.) - answer✔to lessen, to reduce in severity
abbreviate(v.) - answer✔to shorten, reduce
abduct(v.) - answer✔to kidnap
aberration(n.) - answer✔a deviation from the expected course
abhor(v.) - answer✔to hate, loathe
abide(v.) - answer✔to put up with, tolerate
abject(adj.) - answer✔of the most miserable or contemptible kind
abort(v.) - answer✔to give up unfinished
abridge(v.) - answer✔to shorten, cut down
abrogate(v.) - answer✔to abolish, often by authority
abscond(v.) - answer✔to sneak away and hide
abundant(adj.) - answer✔in great numbers
accede(v.) - answer✔to agree
accentuate(v.) - answer✔to emphasize, to highlight
accommodating(adj.) - answer✔obliging, helpful
accost(v.) - answer✔to approach or confront aggressively
acumen(n.) - answer✔keen insight
acute(adj.) - answer✔sharp, severe
affable(adj.) - answer✔friendly, amiable
affluent(adj.) - answer✔rich, wealthy
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aggrandize(v.) - answer✔to increase or make greater
aggregate(v.) - answer✔to gather, amass
aghast(adj.) - answer✔struck by amazement or terror
agoraphobia(n.) - answer✔an abnormal fear of open or public places
akimbo(adj.) - answer✔with hands on hips and elbows extending outward
alacrity(n.) - answer✔speed, readiness
algid(adj.) - answer✔frigid, cold
allay(v.) - answer✔to sooth, assuage
alleviate(v.) - answer✔to relieve
aloof(adj.) - answer✔reserved, distant
altercation(n.) - answer✔an argument, dispute
amalgamation(n.) - answer✔a union, a merger
ambivalent(adj.) - answer✔having contradictory feelings
amble(v.) - answer✔to stroll, walk
ameliorate(v.) - answer✔to improve, to make better
amend(v.) - answer✔to change for the better, improve
amiable(adj.) - answer✔friendly, affable
amorous(adj.) - answer✔relating to or showing love
amorphous(adj.) - answer✔without shape or borders
anomaly(n.) - answer✔something that does not fit into the normal order
antechamber(n.) - answer✔a waiting room
anxiety(n.) - answer✔uneasiness
aphorism(n.) - answer✔a short saying
apocalypse(n.) - answer✔total devastation, the end of the world
apparitional(adj.) - answer✔ghostly, spectral
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arbitrator(n.) - answer✔one who settles controversy between two sides
ascetic(n.) - answer✔one who practices restraint as a means of self-discipline, usually religious
assuage(v.) - answer✔to ease, pacify
atone(v.) - answer✔to apologize, make amends
audacious(adj.) - answer✔excessively bold
augment(v.) - answer✔to increase or make larger
austere(adj.) - answer✔very bare, bleak, simple
baleful(adj.) - answer✔harmful, threatening
bard(n.) - answer✔a poet, often a singer as well
battery(n.) - answer✔an assault or an array of similar things intended for use together
belligerent(adj.) - answer✔contentious, ready to fight
benevolent(adj.) - answer✔kind, good, caring
benign(adj.) - answer✔non-threatening, innocuous
berate(v.) - answer✔to scold severely
bereft(adj.) - answer✔without, devoid of
bide(v.) - answer✔to wait, or remain in a condition
bilk(v.) - answer✔to cheat, to swindle
blandish(v.) - answer✔to coax through flattery
bloated(adj.) - answer✔swollen, bigger than desired
boisterous(adj.) - answer✔loud, energetic
bourgeois(adj.) - answer✔middle class
brash(adj.) - answer✔hasty or lacking in sensitivity
brazen(adj.) - answer✔excessively bold, brash
brumal(adj.) - answer✔wintry, relating to winter
brusque(adj.) - answer✔short, abrupt, dismissive
