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SSAT Upper Level Vocabulary
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- 1Abdicatefail to fulfill or undertake (a responsibility or duty).
- 2Abhorregard with disgust and hatred.
- 3Adamantrefusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind: he is adamant that he is not going to resign.
- 4Adeptvery skilled or proficient at something:
- 5Aggrandizeincrease the power, status, or wealth of: an action intended to aggrandize the Frankish dynasty.
- 6Aggravatemake (a problem, injury, or offence) worse or more serious: military action would only aggravate the situation.
- 7Aggregatea whole formed by combining several separate elements: the council was an aggregate of three regional assemblies.
- 8Ailtrouble or afflict (someone) in mind or body: exercise is good for whatever ails one.
- 9Akinof similar character: something akin to gratitude overwhelmed her | genius and madness are akin.
- 10Aloofnot friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant: they were courteous but faintly aloof | an aloof and somewhat austere figure.
- 11Altruismdisinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others. some may choose to work with vulnerable elderly people out of altruism.
- 12Ambiguousopen to more than one interpretation; not having one obvious meaning: ambiguous phrases.
- 13Ambivalenthaving mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone: some loved her, some hated her, few were ambivalent about her | an ambivalent attitude to Europe.
- 14Amelioratemake (something bad or unsatisfactory) better: the reform did much to ameliorate living standards.
- 15Amiablehaving or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner: the amiable young man greeted me enthusiastically.
- 16Androgynouspartly male and partly female in appearance; of indeterminate sex. a stunningly androgynous dancer. he used surgery and cosmetics to make his face look pasty and bizarrely androgynous.
- 17Annexadd as an extra or subordinate part, especially to a document: the first ten amendments were annexed to the Constitution in 1791.
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