SSAT Vocab

Sophomoric

Juvenile or pretentious

Transient

Passing or not lasting

Inadvertent

Unplanned

Demeanor

Behavior

Deploy

To move around

Assail

To attack

Aloof

Distant

Flustered

Confused

Bewildered

Confused

Expend

To empty or exhaust something

Nascent

New or just coming into existence

Fledgling

Just born or coming into existence

Delirious

In a wild state of ecstasy or excitement

Clament

Forcing itself urgently on the attention

Cavalier

Lack of proper concern; offhanded

Fastidious

Attentive to detail

Subjugate

Bring under domination or control, usually by conquest

Pugilist

A professional boxer or fighter

Magistrate

A civic officer that administers the law, like one that conducts a court for minor offenses or preliminary hearings for serious ones

Arbitrator

An independent person appointed to settle a dispute privately

Emancipate

To liberate

Germinate

To begin to grow out of

Impertinent

To be rude

Nullify

Neutralize

Abash

To be ashamed or embarrassed

Saunter

To stroll

Veer

To deviate; to change directions suddenly

Cull

Select from a large quantity or obtain from a variety of sources

Glean

to extract from various sources

Astute

Clever

Enliven

To make something more appealing or animated; to uplift

Edify

Instruct or improve morally or intellectually

Corroborate

Confirm or give support to

Prowess

Bravery

Peevish

Ill-tempered

Balmy

Soothing

Sublime

Supreme

Strident

Loud and harsh; grating

Vie

to compete for

Pithy

Brief

Repugnant

Offensive

Evulse

To extract forcibly

Extraneous

Impertinent

Disconcertion

Embarrassment

Circumspect

Careful

effervescent

Lively

Laconic

Brief

Trite

Silly

Incongruous

Dissodant

Ubiquitous

Pervasive

Inconsequent

Petty

Inane

Frivolous

Impertubable

Composed

Reticent

Reluctant

Inept

Incapable or incompetent

Portly

Stout; short

Precarious

Shaky or risky

Odious

Horrid

Inhibit

Shy or withdrawn

Indulgent

lax, permissive, easy-going

Facet

Surface or face

Propriety

Suitable

Quell

Suppress

A reprieve

A pardon

Fastidious

Very attentive to detail

Dexterous

Showing skill with one’s hands

Marauder

A raider

Plunder

Steal goods from a place or person

Epitaph

Words or a phrase to remember a person, usually on their tombstone

Bedlam

A scene of chaos and confusion

Equilibrium

A state where opposing forces are balanced

Hapless

Unfortunate

Pastoral

The idealized version of country life

Carping

Continually complaining about trivial things

Impetuous

Acting or done quickly without thought or care

Complacent

Showing satisfaction with one’s achievement

Garrison

A troop of soldiers stationed in a town to protect it

Coruplent

Very fat

Tramp

A person who travels from place to place in search of work

Accrue

Accumulate money or benefits over a period of time

Guile

Cunning

Jaded

Fatigued

Cower

Crouch

Ornery

Cranky

Devious

Tricky

Knoll

Hilltop

Precipitate

Expedite

Jurisdiction

Dominion

Prodigal

Wasteful

Feign

Decieve

Oblique

Slanting

Drivel

Nonsense

Opulent

Ostentatiously rich/luxurious/lavish

Tawdry

Gaudy

Rebuff

To reject

Dearth

Scarcity or lacking evidence

Gallant

Noble

Enigma

Puzzle

Caustic

Able to burn chemically; sarcastic or bitter in a scathing way

Sectarian

One who is part of a sect