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SSAT vocab1
must know vocab words
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| cabaret | nightclub |
| beseech | beg |
| bluff | mountain |
| batch | quality |
| admiral | commander |
| plaintiff | accuser |
| welder | one who joins metal by melting & pressing |
| mason | one who builds with brick |
| yacht | a graceful, privately owned pleasure ship |
| fleecy | resembling wool |
| giddy | dizzy |
| legitimate | legal |
| punctual | on time |
| quaint | expert; skilled |
| sentiment | feeling |
| turmoil | confusion |
| vulgar | wrong |
| brooding | sullen |
| pleat | crease |
| prerogative | right |
| indemnity | exemption |
| conciliatory | winning over |
| salable | marketable |
| bounteous | liberal(give freely), abundant; plentiful |
| vanity | excessive pride |
| portly | fat |
| jaunty | a) unconcerned(at ease) b) stylish |
| peevish | a) irritable b) complaining |
| plummet | plunge |
| delve | dig |
| carange | slaughter |
| allude | refer |
| ennui | boredom |
| celerity | speed |
| relinquish | abandon |
| sentinel | guard |
| pagan | heathen(barbarian) |
| defer | postpone |
| sift | sort;separate |
| exert | apply;utilize |
| incarcerate | imprison |
| oblique | slanted |
| statute | law |
| timorous | fearful |
| purloin | steal |
| rugged | uneaven surface |
| bolster | support; make stronger |
| protray | depict; delineate(represent) |
| prelude | preamble(introduction) |
| bard | poet |
| twinge | sudden pain; qualm |
| interchangeable | equal |
| brawl | fight |
| apparatus | equiptment |
| diligent | conscientious; mwticulous; careful |
| strutted | swaggered(walk in a boastful way) |
| sever | cut |
| pageant | exhibition(show; ostentatious display) |
| paltry | meager |
| edifice | large building |
| brash | boastful |
| valiant | courageous |
| vindicate | exonerate (free of blame) |
| convoy | group |