Kate: The Princeton Review Upper Level
SSAT Vocabulary
Abdicate - ANS-Verb - to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim,
responsibility;
Adamant - ANS-Adjective - utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals;
Admonish - ANS-Verb - to caution, advise, or counsel against something;
Affiliation - ANS-Noun - the act of bringing into close association or connection;
Aggrandize - ANS-Verb - to widen in scope, increase in size or intensity;
Aggregate - ANS-Adjective - formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a
whole mass or sum;
Akin - ANS-Adjective - of a person's relatives collectively related by blood;
Allege - ANS-Verb - to assert without proof;
Altruism - ANS-Noun - the principle or practice of unselfish concern for;
Ambiguous - ANS-Adjective - open to or having several possible meanings or
interpretations;
Ambivalent - ANS-Adjective - having mixed feelings about someone or something;
Ameliorate - ANS-Verb - to make or become better;
Amorphous - ANS-Adjective - lacking definite form;
Androgynous - ANS-Adjective - being both male and female;
Animosity - ANS-Noun - a feeling of strong dislike, ill will;
Antipathy - ANS-Noun - a natural, basic, or habitual repugnance;
, Ascertain - ANS-Verb - to find out definitely;
Assail - ANS-Verb - to attack vigorously or violently;
Assent - ANS-Verb - to agree or concur;
Austere - ANS-Adjective - severe in manner or appearance;
Authoritative - ANS-Adjective - having due the power to determine issues or disputes;
Banal - ANS-Adjective - devoid of freshness or originality;
Bastion - ANS-Noun - a fortified place;
Belligerent - ANS-Adjective - warlike, given to waging war;
Bemoan - ANS-Verb - to express distress or grief over;
Bequest - ANS-Noun - a disposition in a will;
Blatant - ANS-Adjective - brazenly obvious;
Bombastic - ANS-Adjective - high-sounding;
Brash - ANS-Adjective - impertinent, tactless;
Capricious - ANS-Adjective - subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, unpredictable
change;
Chagrin - ANS-Noun - a feeling of vexation;
Coalesce - ANS-Verb - to grow together or into one body;
Coerce - ANS-Verb - to compel by force, intimidation, or authority;
Commodities - ANS-Noun - an article of trade or commerce;
Condescending - ANS-Adjective - showing or implying a usually patronizing descent
from dignity;
SSAT Vocabulary
Abdicate - ANS-Verb - to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim,
responsibility;
Adamant - ANS-Adjective - utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals;
Admonish - ANS-Verb - to caution, advise, or counsel against something;
Affiliation - ANS-Noun - the act of bringing into close association or connection;
Aggrandize - ANS-Verb - to widen in scope, increase in size or intensity;
Aggregate - ANS-Adjective - formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a
whole mass or sum;
Akin - ANS-Adjective - of a person's relatives collectively related by blood;
Allege - ANS-Verb - to assert without proof;
Altruism - ANS-Noun - the principle or practice of unselfish concern for;
Ambiguous - ANS-Adjective - open to or having several possible meanings or
interpretations;
Ambivalent - ANS-Adjective - having mixed feelings about someone or something;
Ameliorate - ANS-Verb - to make or become better;
Amorphous - ANS-Adjective - lacking definite form;
Androgynous - ANS-Adjective - being both male and female;
Animosity - ANS-Noun - a feeling of strong dislike, ill will;
Antipathy - ANS-Noun - a natural, basic, or habitual repugnance;
, Ascertain - ANS-Verb - to find out definitely;
Assail - ANS-Verb - to attack vigorously or violently;
Assent - ANS-Verb - to agree or concur;
Austere - ANS-Adjective - severe in manner or appearance;
Authoritative - ANS-Adjective - having due the power to determine issues or disputes;
Banal - ANS-Adjective - devoid of freshness or originality;
Bastion - ANS-Noun - a fortified place;
Belligerent - ANS-Adjective - warlike, given to waging war;
Bemoan - ANS-Verb - to express distress or grief over;
Bequest - ANS-Noun - a disposition in a will;
Blatant - ANS-Adjective - brazenly obvious;
Bombastic - ANS-Adjective - high-sounding;
Brash - ANS-Adjective - impertinent, tactless;
Capricious - ANS-Adjective - subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, unpredictable
change;
Chagrin - ANS-Noun - a feeling of vexation;
Coalesce - ANS-Verb - to grow together or into one body;
Coerce - ANS-Verb - to compel by force, intimidation, or authority;
Commodities - ANS-Noun - an article of trade or commerce;
Condescending - ANS-Adjective - showing or implying a usually patronizing descent
from dignity;
