Ssat 2006-2007 Vocabulary Cards 2

Front 1

relinquish

Back 1

surrender or resign; yield, cede, waive, drop, renounce, let go of, free, release

Front 2

rehabilitate

Back 2

restore to effectiveness; reestablish, reform, straighten out, reinstate, renew, renovate, fix, transform

Front 3

regime

Back 3

system of government, rule, administration, leadership

Front 4

redundant

Back 4

superfluous, unnecessary, surplus, unneeded, unwanted

Front 5

reconcile

Back 5

make friendly again; untie, re-unite, restore harmony, between, make peace, sort out, smooth over

Front 6

rebuttal

Back 6

refute, disprove, deny, discredit, contradict, expose, shoot down

Front 7

query

Back 7

question, inquiry, doubt, uncertainty, reservation, problem

Front 8

quandary

Back 8

confusion, predicament, plight, dilemma

Front 9

prose/prosaic

Back 9

ordinary form of the written or spoken language/banal, tedious, prosy, pedestrian, flat, routine, everyday, bland, characterless, plain, trite, tired, lifeless, insipid, uninteresting, humdrum, monotonous

Front 10

prodigal

Back 10

extravagant, spendthrift, profligate, immoderate, intemperate, reckless, genereous, bountiful, copius, profuse, excessive, liberal, abundant

Front 11

stagnant

Back 11

standing, still, unmoving, quiet, sluggish, immobile, flat, stale, foul, putrid

Front 12

squander

Back 12

spend (money, time etc.) wastefully

Front 13

speculate

Back 13

reflect, meditate, cogitate, think, mull, ponder, contemplate, judge, weigh

Front 14

solicit

Back 14

entreat, beseech, implore, petition, importune, appeal, carve, approach, entice, lure

Front 15

snide

Back 15

slyly derogatory