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SSAT Study Words II
SSAT Vocab (G through R)
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| garrulous | Talkative and likely to chatter; loquacious, verbose |
| germinate | To bud or sprout; grow |
| glee | Joy, pleasure, happiness; elation |
| glib | Able to speak profusely; having a ready flow of words; flip, fluent, verbose, smooth, smug |
| gregarious | Fond of company; sociable, companionable, amiable, convivial |
| grotesque | Odd or unnatural in some way; bizarre, outlandish, ugly |
| grovel | To humble oneself, to beg; crawl |
| gruesome | Grisly, horrible, frightful, shocking, ghastly |
| hallowed | Regarded as holy, sacred |
| harbinger | Omen, precursor, forerunner, messenger |
| harsh | Stern or cruel; physically uncomfortable; unpleasant to the ear; strict, rough, severe |
| hasty | Done quickly (often too quickly); rushed, sloppy; shoddy, careless |
| heed | (n) Careful attention, notice, observation (v) To listen to and obey |
| herbivorous | Feeding on plants; plant-eating |
| heterogeneous | Not uniform; made up of different parts that remain separate (the opposite of homogeneous); mixed, unlike, diverse, dissimilar, various |
| hexagon | Polygon having six sides |
| hibernate | To spend the winter in a sleep-like, dormant state; sleep |
| hive | Structure where bees live |
| horrid | Something that causes horror, or is at least pretty bad; dreadful, horrible, shocking |
| hovel | Small, miserable shack; shanty |
| humid | Moist or damp; sultry |
| ignite | (literally) To set on fire; (figuratively) to stir emotionally (as in light a fire under someone); light, kindle, inflame; rouse, excite, agitate, stir, provoke, prod, inspire |
| illiteracy | Inability to read and write |
| immaculate | Spotless; free from error; faultless, unblemished, impeccable |
| imminent | About to happen, on the verge of occurring; impending, approaching, near |
| immortal | Never-dying; undying, eternal |
| impasse | Road having no exit or a dilemma with no solution; deadlock, standoff, stalemate, standstill |
| impervious | Incapable of being penetrated; unable to be influenced; impenetrable |
| impious | Lacking piety or respect for religion; irreverent, sacrilegious |
| imply | To suggest without stating directly; hint, intimate |
| inadvertent | Unintentional, accidental |
| incentive | Motivation or drive to do a particular task or to go in a given direction; motive, inducement, stimulus |
| incredulous | Not believing; skeptical, disbelieving |
| indicate | To point out or make known with a good degree of certainty; disclose, show, reveal, imply, signify |
| inert | Having no power to move or act; resisting motion or action; sluggish, passive, inactive, dormant, lethargic, lifeless |
| infectious | Able to be passed from one person to another (such as an infection); contagious |
| ingenious | Possessing or displaying great creativity and resourcefulness; brilliant, inspired, imaginative, shrewd, crafty, cunning, resourceful |
| ingenuity | Inventive skill or cleverness; creativity, inventiveness |
| inhabit | To reside or live in; live, occupy, reside, dwell, stay |
| innate | Present at birth; natural, inborn, inherent, instinctive |
| innocent | Pure, not guilty; someone with the simplicity of a baby; pure, harmless, guiltless, naive, chaste |
| insinuation | Devious hint or sly suggestion made to cause suspicion or doubt; reference, implication |
| insomnia | Inability to fall asleep; sleeplessness |
| insurgent | (n) Rebel (adj) Rising in revolt, starting a revolution; rebellious |
| irate | Full of anger, wrathful, incensed; angry, indignant, infuriated, enraged |
| jeer | To mock in an abusive way; taunting remark; ridicule, mock, scoff; gibe, taunt |
| jubilant | Feeling joy or happiness; exultant, gleeful, joyful, ecstatic |
| judicious | Having wise judgment; wise, sage, sagacious |
| kinetic | Relating to motion; animated, energetic, spirited, moving |
| lagoon | Shallow body of water connected to a much larger one, as a lake or sea; inlet, pool |
| lenient | Merciful, not strict; indulgent |
| lethargy | Drowsiness, tiredness, inability to do anything much; sluggishness, fatigue |
| limber | Bending and moving easily; agile, supple |
| lunge | (n) Sudden forward movement, plunge; (v) To thrust something forward |
| magnanimous | Having a great or noble spirit, acting generously, patiently, or kindly; big-hearted, generous, noble, forgiving, patient, tolerant, indulgent, ungrudging, unresentful |
| malleable | Can be molded or shaped; soft, flexible, yielding |
| mar | To damage something and make it imperfect; deform, impair, spoil, disfigure, damage |
| marvel | (n) Amazing thing, something astonishing or marvelous; miracle, prodigy, wonder (v) To wonder; to ponder something amazing |
| meager | Very small or insufficient; slight, trifling, skimpy, puny, scant, inadequate, insubstantial |
| meek | Humble and submissive; passive, unassertive, docile, compliant |
| melancholy | Very sad or depressing; gloomy, mournful, somber |
| meteorologist | Scientist dealing with weather and weather conditions |
| mimic | Imitate, copy -- not always in a complimentary way; mock, impersonate, simulate, counterfeit |
| minuscule | Tiny, miniature; microscopic, minute |
| misbegotten | Poorly conceived, poorly planned, based on false assumptions or false reasoning; illegitimate, ill-conceived |
| mourn | To feel sad for, regret; lament, grieve |
| murky | Dark, dim; obscure, gloomy |
| nauseous | Sickening, makes you feel sick, or turns your stomach; revolting, disgusting, nauseating |
| nebulous | Hazy, not well-defined; cloudy, ill-defined, unclear, shapeless, vague, unspecific |
| nimble | Quick and agile in movement or thought; agile, active, quick, clever, cunning |
| nomad | Someone who has no permanent home and wanders; wanderer, vagrant |
| notify | To tell, let know, give notice; inform, apprise |
| obnoxious | Offensive and very disagreeable; repugnant, repellent |
| obscure | (v) to hide or make difficult to find; confuse, becloud (adj) hard to see; unknown, uncertain, vague, unclear, dubious |
| observation | examination; attention, watching; remark, comment; pronouncement, opinion |
| obsolete | No longer in use; discarded or outmoded; outdated, old-fashioned |
| obstinate | Stubborn, mulish, dogged |
| obstruct | To get in the way of; to block, to hamper, clog, impede |
| obtuse | Not acute; someone who is not smart; thick, dull, slow, stupid |
| olfactory | Relating to the sense of smell |
| ominous | Threatening, menacing, having the character of an evil omen; foreboding |
| opportune | Appropriate to time or circumstances; timely, lucky; appropriate |
| option | Choice, selection, preference; alternative, election |
| orbit | (v) To move around some object, as a planet; to circle, revolve (n) the actual route the thing takes when it goes around another thing, as in the orbit of the moon around the earth; circuit, revolution |
| orchid | Purple (as in the flower); lavender |
| ostentatious | Pretentious and flashy; conspicuous, flamboyant, showy |
| palatable | Good tasting; agreeable; savory, appetizing, delicious, acceptable |
| paradox | Contradiction, something that doesn't fit; something that shouldn't be true because it seems to offend common sense, yet it is true anyway; contradiction |
| passive | Not active; someone who lets things happen rather than taking action himself / herself; submissive |
| peddle | Sell (usually in an informal or old-fashioned way, such as door-to-door or on a street corner or at a carnival); hawk, vend |
| pedestrian | (adj) Common, everyday, usual; prosaic, ordinary, plain, mundane, humdrum, trite, banal, drab, boring, unimaginative, uninspired, undistinguished, unremarkable, unexceptional (n) a person who walks instead of riding in a vehicle; walker, stroller |
| perjury | Making deliberately false statements when under oath; falsehood, fraud, lies |
| persevere | To continue in some course of action despite setbacks and opposition; continue, struggle, endure, persist |
| petrify | Literally, to turn to stone; figuratively, to paralyze with fear or with surprise; shock, stun, stiffen, paralyze, fossilize |
| pious | Religiously devout or moral; God-fearing, reverent |
| plagiarism | Copying of someone else's work and claiming it as your own; stealing |
| plausible | Seeming to be true; credible, believable, likely, probable, conceivable |
| pompous | Characterized by stiff, unnatural formality; stuffy, stiff, affected, mannered, unnatural, pretentious, self-important, conceited |
| procrastinate | To postpone; to put something off to a later time; delay, postpone, defer |
| profound | Deep, wise, serious; sagacious |
| prolific | Producing great amounts; fertile, productive |
| propel | To move, make something go forward; compel, project, drive |
| prophesy | To predict the future using divine guidance; foretell, forecast, auger |
| pungent | Sharp, flavorful (sometimes too flavorful); peppery, hot, piquant, biting, acrid |
| pursue | To chase, go after; trail, tail, dog, follow |
| quell | To quiet something raucous (often a rebellion); crush, defeat, conquer; quash, overpower, overcome, quench, suppress |
| quench | To satisfy a need or desire; extinguish, subdue, sate |
| rabble | Large, disorderly, and easily excited mob; crowd, multitude, horde |
| rabid | (literally) Afflicted with rabies, a disease of the nervous system that causes convulsions and wildly irrational behavior. (figuratively) Acting fanatically or madly, as if afflicted by rabies. |
| rancor | Bad feeling, bitterness; animosity, resentment, hatred, malice, spite |
| random | Lacking order, free from order or bias; chance, haphazard, unordered, unbiased |
| ransack | To search thoroughly and messily; plunder, pillage, search, loot, pilfer, steal |
| ratify | To approve formally; confirm, affirm, endorse, sanction |
| ravenous | Wildly eager to eat; hungry, famished, starved |
| raze | To destroy utterly; demolish, wreck, level, flatten |
| recluse | Someone who lives far away from other people; loner, hermit |
| recur | To return, to occur again; repeat |
| reek | (literally) giving off a strong, offensive odor; strong smell; stink (figuratively) to be pervaded by something unpleasant |
| refrain | To stop or avoid doing something; quit; abstain, cease, desist |
| regal | Royal, splendid; kingly, majestic |
| reign | Rule over, govern, dominate; prevail |
| reimburse | To repay someone for their expenses; compensate |
| reinforce | Strengthen, add to; support |
| reminiscence | Memory or act of recalling the past; recollection, recall, memory, nostalgia |
| renowned | Well-known, famous, celebrated; famed, distinguished, notable |
| repartee | Witty conversation, retort, banter |
| repudiate | To reject what one was once associated with; disown, reject, renounce |
| repugnant | Something gross, repulsive or revolting; distasteful, objectionable, offensive |
| residue | Something that remains after a part is taken; remainder, remnant, leftover |
| reveal | Show, divulge, expose; unveil |
| revel | Celebrate noisily, have a party; indulge, enjoy |
| rout | Conquer, defeat and chase off; overwhelm, overcome, subdue, scatter |
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