SSAT Vocab List 5

antidote

remedy, cure

arbitrary

random, capricious

arboreal

tree-dwelling, woodland

ardent

passionate, enthusiastic

articulate

express, utter

austere

simple, plain

avaricious

greedy, covetous

botany

plant biology

buoyant

floating, light

cataract

waterfall, cascade

choreography

dance, design, arrangement

coda

finale, conclusion

convert

transform, modify

corporeal

physical, bodily

cuff

wristband, sleeve, end

declivity

slope, descent

decree

law, order

dexterity

agility, skillfulness

exculpate

exonerate, clear

fluctuate

vary, oscillate

hive

beehive, colony

infuriate

anger, enrage

insinuation

hint, implication

jabber

babble, chatter

laconic

brief, concise

lapel

flap, collar, edge

laudatory

complimentary, praiseful

lyric

poem, songpoem

mania

obsession, craze

martyr

sufferer

mercurial

volatile, changeable

motif

theme, pattern

narcotic

sedative, opiate

nimbleness

agility, quickness

outskirts

suburbs, borders

pediatrics

child, medicine, pedodontics

precipice

cliff, edge

prognosis

forecast, prediction

prolific

productive, fruitful

prophetic

predictive, visionary

protest

object, oppose

pungent

sharp

quarantine

isolation, seclusion

resuscitation

revival, renewal

soothing

calming, comforting

specter

ghost, phantom

spontaneous

unplanned, misuse

squander

waste, misuse

stature

height, status

symptom

sign, indicator

tapestry

fabric, wallhanging, drapery

tile

slab, paver

traitor

betrayer, turncoat

traumatic

distressing, upsetting

unflagging

tireless, indefatigable

unflappable

calm, composed

vicinity

neighbourhood, area

vigorous

energetic, robust

wince

flinch, recoil

abstruse

obscure, complex