SSAT VOCAB. 5

Kent K. (United States of America)
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  1. hibernate
    be in an inactive or dormant state
  2. hive
    a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees
  3. horrid
    grossly offensive to decency or morality
  4. hovel
    small crude shelter used as a dwelling
  5. humid
    containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor
  6. ignite
    cause to start burning
  7. illiteracy
    an inability to read
  8. immaculate
    completely neat and clean
  9. imminent
    close in time; about to occur
  10. immortal
    not subject to death
  11. impasse
    a situation in which no progress can be made
  12. impervious
    not admitting of passage or capable of being affected
  13. impious
    lacking piety or reverence for a god
  14. imply
    express or state indirectly
  15. inadvertent
    happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally
  16. incentive
    a positive motivational influence
  17. incredulous
    not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
  18. indicate
    designate a place, direction, person, or thing
  19. inert
    unable to move or resist motion
  20. infectious
    relating to the invasion of germs that cause disease
  21. ingenious
    showing inventiveness and skill
  22. ingenuity
    the power of creative imagination
  23. inhabit
    live in; be a resident of
  24. innate
    present at birth but not necessarily hereditary
  25. innocent
    free from sin
  26. insinuation
    an indirect (and usually malicious) implication
  27. insomnia
    an inability to sleep
  28. insurgent
    in opposition to a civil authority or government
  29. irate
    feeling or showing extreme anger
  30. jeer
    laugh at with contempt and derision
  31. jubilant
    full of high-spirited delight
  32. judicious
    marked by the exercise of common sense in practical matters
  33. kinetic
    relating to the motion of material bodies and their forces
  34. lagoon
    a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef
  35. lenient
    inclined to be permissive or indulgent
  36. lethargy
    inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
  37. limber
    easily bent
  38. lunge
    the act of moving forward suddenly
  39. magnanimous
    noble and generous in spirit
  40. malfunction
    fail to work properly
  41. malleable
    capable of being shaped or bent
  42. mar
    cause to become imperfect
  43. marvel
    be amazed at
  44. meager
    deficient in amount or quality or extent
  45. meek
    humble in spirit or manner
  46. melancholy
    a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
  47. mimic
    imitate, especially for satirical effect
  48. minuscule
    very small
  49. misbegotten
    poorly thought out
Created on Sat Nov 16 12:27:12 EST 2013 (updated Mon Nov 25 20:20:09 EST 2013)

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