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SSAT Vocab 3 of 6
Benny's SSAT Words F-Q (1)
| WORD | DEFINITION |
|---|---|
| fanatic | overly enthusiastic |
| fatal | deadly; destructive |
| fatigue | exhaustion; weariness; extreme tiredness |
| fauna | all the animal life in a particular region or period |
| felicitous | pleasing |
| ferocious | fierce; savage; violently cruel |
| fervent | intense; passionate |
| fickle | inconsistent; not loyal |
| fictitious | untrue; false |
| fidelity | loyalty; faithful devotion |
| finale | the ending |
| fission | process of breaking into parts (opp: fusion) |
| flagrant | outrageous; offensive; deliberately shocking |
| flaw | an imperfection |
| flippant | disrespectful; frivolous; saucy |
| flow | to move like a liquid; to pour out |
| foretell | to predict |
| formidable | awesome; difficult to achieve |
| foundation | establishment; basis |
| flounder | to stumble; to fall; to sink |
| fragile | easily broken; delicate |
| frequent | happening often; to go somewhere often |
| fund | a supply; to offer money or support |
| fusion | process of combining into one (opp: fission) |
| futile | lacking purpose |
| garrulous | chatty; talkative |
| germinate | to begin to grow |
| glee | lively joy |
| glib | articulate but insincere |
| glistening | shining brightly |
| grave | serious |
| gregarious | sociable |
| grotesque | distorted; fantastical; ridiculous; absurd |
| grovel | to apologize profusely; to humble oneself |
| gruesome | causing horror; grisly |
| hallowed | holy; sacred |
| harbinger | a sign of things to come; announce: foreshadow or presage |
| harsh | unpleasant; offensive; cruel; severe |
| hasten | to speed up; to hurry |
| hatch | to emerge from the egg; produce a plan; think up: devise or invent |
| heed | to pay attention to |
| herbivorous | feeding mainly on plants & grasses (compare: carnivorous, omnivorous) |
| heterogeneous | composed of dissimilar parts (opp: homogeneous) |
| hexagon | a plane with six angles and six sides |
| hibernate | to spend the winter sleeping or in a dormant state |
| hive | the home for a bee colony; a teeming multitude |
| horrid | causing horror; very bad; ugly |
| hovel | any small, miserable hut |
| humid | damp; moist |
| hybrid | the offspring of two different species; a composite of mixed origin |
| ignite | to set fire to; to catch fire |
| illiterate | unable to read or write; uneducated |
| immaculate | spotless; tidy; free from blemish; perfectly clean |
| imminent | about to happen; impending |
| immortal | living forever |
| impasse | blocked path, deadlock; dead end |
| imperceptible | unnoticeable; slight |
| impervious | unable to be penetrated or influenced |
| impious | disrespectful; lacking piety or reverence for a god |
| implicit | understood without being directly expressed |
| inadvertent | accidental: without intention; not attentive; heedless. |
| incentive | a motive; a stimulus |
| incredulous | skeptical; not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving |
| indicate | to point out |
| indict | to make a formal accusation against |
| inert | without power to move; tending toward inactivity |
| infectious | likely to spread or cause infection |
| ingenious | original; creative; very innovative & clever |
| ingenuous | innocent; naive; guileless |
| inhabit | to live in |
| inhibit | to restrain or suppress |
| innate | inborn; natural |
| innocent | not guilty; free from sin; harmless |
| insinuate | imply; to indirectly suggest |
| insipid | lacking significance or impact; bland; uninteresting |
| insolent | offensive; rude; insulting |
| insomnia | inability to sleep |
| insurgency | an uprising; a rebellion |
| intangible | incapable of being touched; immaterial |
| intricate | complicated; difficult; complex |
| inundated | flooded |
| irate | very angry |
| ironic | contradictory; inconsistent; humorously sarcastic or mocking |
| itinerant | traveling |
| jeer | laugh or shout rudely or scornfully |
| jest | a joke; to joke |
| jubilee | a special anniversary |
| judicious | showing good judgment; sensible |
| kinetic | relating to motion |
| lagoon | a salt-water lake by the sea |
| lateral | at the side |
| lenient | merciful; not severe |
| lethargic | sluggish; weak |
| limber | supple; agile; flexible |
| ludicrous | absurd; ridiculous |
| lunge | a sudden forward movement; a thrust |
| magnanimous | unselfish |
| malfunction | a failure to function normally; a fault |
| malleable | easily changed (opp: brittle) |
| mandatory | necessary; required |
| mar | to disfigure; to spoil |
| marvel | a wonderful thing; to feel wonder |
| meager | scanty in amount |
| meek | quiet and obedient; not protesting |
| melancholy | sadness; state of grief |
| meteorologist | weather scientist |
| mimicry | imitation; aping |
| minuscule | tiny; very small |
| misbegotten | ill-conceived; illegitimate |
| mourn | to feel or express sorrow |
| murky | dark; gloomy |
| mutation | a change; a genetic alteration |
| nauseous | causing disgust or nausea (need to puke) |
| nebulous | vague; cloudy |
| nimble | able to move quickly |
| nomadic | moving from place to place |
| notify | to inform |
| nourishment | a source of strength or support; food |
| nullify | to cancel; invalidate |
| oath | a promise of truth |
| obese | very fat |
| obnoxious | very unpleasant |
| obscure | relatively unknown; not easily understood |
| observation | watching carefully; noticing things |
| obsolete | no longer in use or useful; out of date |
| obstacle | a hindrance |
| obstruct | to block; to hinder progress or movement |
| obtuse | slow to understand |
| olfactory | related to the sense of smell |
| ominous | threatening; menacing |
| opportune | favorable; well-timed |
| option | choice |
| orbit | the path of one body in it's revolution around another body |
| orchid | a showy flower |
| ostentatious | showy, pretentious |
| overwhelm | to exhaust; to defeat |
| palatable | pleasant to the taste; acceptable; welcome |
| paradox | seemingly self-contradictory statement |
| passive | not active; acted upon; not resisting |
| pedantic | formal and uninspired; too concerned with details and rules; |
| peddle | to sell or offer goods for sale |
| pedestrian | a walking person; a commonplace or dull thing or idea |
| perjury | to lie under oath |
| persevere | to continue despite challenges |
| petrify | to change into a stony mass |
| phenomenon | perceived by the senses; something unusual |
| piety | holiness; religious devotion |
| placate | to calm; to pacify |
| plagiarism | The false presentation of someone else's writing as one's own |
| plausible | believable; seemingly acceptable; possible |
| plight | a predicament; an unfortunate or difficult situation |
| poll | a survey of public opinion |
| pompous | full of self-importance |
| prevail | to gain victory |
| procrastinate | to postpone action |
| procure | to obtain by special effort |
| profound | deep; meaningful |
| prolific | plentiful; abundant; intellectually productive |
| propel | to push forward or onwards (opp: repel) |
| prophesy | a prediction of future events |
| pugnacious | combative; ready for a fight |
| pungent | strong or sharp smelling (compare: aroma) |
| pursue | to follow or chase; to try to catch or attain |
| quell | to quiet; to suppress |
| quench | to satisfy (a thirst); to extinguish (a fire) |
| quiver | to shake or vibrate with a rapid motion |
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