Words to know SSAT

Egregious

Remarkably bad or good

Impudent

Shamelessly

Perpetuity

Forever

Neophyte

Apprentice

Lucid

Clear

Pauper

Poor person

Maverick

Person who makes up own rules

Codify

Put into law

Surreptitious

Secretively

Assiduous

Attention to detail

Benighted

Poor condition, uneducated

Squander

To waste

Coalesce

To bring together

Machinate

To plot

Curtail

To the point

Gorge

To devour

Bashful

Shy

Truancy

Breaking law for absence

Loon

Foolish person

Corporal

Low ranking officer

Stratify

Arrange in tiers

Platoon

Military squad

Meander

Zig zag

Alcove

Recess, cavity

Vacuous

Empty

Culminate

Climax

Usurp

Seize

Deft

Skillful

Confidant

Close friend

Reverent

Respectful

Penchant

Affection

Detract

Belittle

Apathy

Indifference

Ardor

Passion

Belittle

Ridicule

Stratum

Layer

Dogma

Principle

Dogmatic

Fanatical, filled with excessive and single-minded zeal

Instantaneous

Immediate

Reprobate

To criticize, a rogue

Replete

Adj. Brimming over

Extricate

Remove

Erudite

Adj, learned

Prudence

Caution

Upholstery

Padding on couch, art of covering couches

Melodramatic

Exaggerated

Angst

Fear, anxiety

Proprietary

Appropriateness

Emaciated

Thin, bony

Poignant

Moving

Terrace

Patio

Corroborate

Confirm

Hubbub

Uproar

Tentative

Subject to change

Callow

Immature

Qualm

A Doubt, misgiving

Acumen

Good judgment, insight

Vaunt

Boast

Idiosyncrasy

Peculiarity, something unique to an individual

Transgression

Violation

Maven

Expert

Bestride

Straddle, to mount

Edifice

Building

Bridge (of a ship)

The command center of a ship

Castigate

Criticize

Imperil

Endanger

Appraise

Evaluate

Testimonial

Reference, reccomendation

Idle adj

Lazy, indolent

Debacle

A sudden fiasco

Potable

Safe to drink

Congent

Adj, convincing

Subversive

Disruptive

Taciturn

Untalkative

Circumspect

Unwilling to take risks

Patron

Sponsor