SSAT Upper-Level Vocabulary Words Last Update Abandon - Correct Answers Desert or leave someone/something Antipathy - Correct Answers Hatred Cascade - Correct Answers To fall heavily Dawdle - Correct Answers Linger or waste time Dubious - Correct Answers Hesitating or doubting Flourish - Correct Answers To grow well or thrive Illustrate - Correct Answers Explain or to decorate Liberate - Correct Answers To set something free Optimistic - Correct Answers Hopeful Recalcitrant - Correct Answers Uncooperative Robust - Correct Answers Strong and healthy Taper - Correct Answers Narrow or thin Abbreviation - Correct Answers The shortened form of a word Anxious - Correct Answers Worried or nervous Cater - Correct Answers To provide for 1 / 4
Debate - Correct Answers To discuss something (verb) or a discussion (noun) Duration - Correct Answers How long something will take Fluctuate - Correct Answers An irregular rise and fall in a number or amount Immaculate - Correct Answers Very clean or spotless Limber - Correct Answers To warm up Opulent - Correct Answers Very rich, luxurious or lavish Reckless - Correct Answers Doing something carelessly or without thinking Rouse - Correct Answers To stir up or excite someone Task - Correct Answers A piece of work to be done Abdicate - Correct Answers To renounce someone's throne Apprehension - Correct Answers Anxiety or fear that something bad will happen Cautious - Correct Answers Careful Debt - Correct Answers Money that is owe or due Eager - Correct Answers wanting to do something very much Foolhardy - Correct Answers recklessly bold or rash 2 / 4
Impasse - Correct Answers a situation in which no progress is possible Linger - Correct Answers wait around Ostentatious - Correct Answers trying to impress or attract attention Refute - Correct Answers disprove or prove wrong Routine - Correct Answers procedure Taunt - Correct Answers a remark made in order to anger, wound, or provoke someone Abhor - Correct Answers hate Approximate - Correct Answers estimate or guess Censor - Correct Answers to cut out unacceptable parts of something Deceive - Correct Answers to trick someone Economize - Correct Answers to save money Foreseen - Correct Answers to predict Imply - Correct Answers insinutate Lofty - Correct Answers tall/high Overbearing - Correct Answers dominating Reject - Correct Answers to turn down or refuse something 3 / 4
Rue - Correct Answers regret Tenacious - Correct Answers to keep a firm hold on something Abrupt - Correct Answers a sudden action Arbitrary - Correct Answers random Chagrin - Correct Answers distress or embarrassment at having failed or been humiliated Decline - Correct Answers a decrease in something Egotist - Correct Answers a person who is excessively conceited or self-absorbed Forge - Correct Answers falsify Impulsive - Correct Answers acting or done without forethought Lucrative - Correct Answers producing a great deal of profit Overt - Correct Answers done or shown openly Reluctant - Correct Answers unwilling and hesitant Ruminate - Correct Answers think deeply about something Terse - Correct Answers abrupt Abundant - Correct Answers existing or available in large quantities
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