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SSAT Group #4
For the SSAT
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English
9th Grade
11/24/2009

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Term
ingratiate
Definition

to seek to enter someone's good graces; to gain favor by deliberate effort

 

in/en/im/em- into

 

The president ingratiated the people. He deliberately tried to gain their support and favor.

Term
intractable
Definition

not easily controlled

 

in/en/im/em- into

tract- drag, pull, draw

 

"intractable child"

Term
protract
Definition

to prolong in time or space

 

pro- forward, supporting

tract- drag, pull, draw

Term
antecedent
Definition

referred to previously; ancestors; coming earlier

 

ante- before

Term
antebellum
Definition

existing before a war; especially before the U.S civilwar

 

ante-before

bell- war

Term
rebel
Definition

one that rebels against authority; to act in or show disobedience

 

bel- war

 

Term
belligerent
Definition

waging war; aggressively self-assertive

 

bell- war

 

"belligerent bitch"

Term
bellicose
Definition

warlike; pugnacious

 

bell- war

Term
enamored
Definition

to fall in love with; to inflame with love; smitten

 

am- to love

Term
amorous
Definition

inclined to love; being in love

 

am- to love

Term
amity
Definition

friendship; especially between nations; comradely relationship

 

am- to love

Term
amicable
Definition

friendly; having the pleasant qualities of a friend

 

am- to love

Term
innate
Definition

present at birth or developed without instruction; prompted by instinct rather than tutelage; inherent

 

im/em/in/en- into

nat- to be born

Term
potentate
Definition

one who wields controlling power

 

pot- power, ability

Term
natal
Definition

native; present at birth; relative to time of birth

 

nas/nat/nai- to be born

 

Term
prescience
Definition

foreknowledge of events

 

pre- before

sci- knowledge, know

Term
carnage
Definition

killing in large numbers; great destruction of life; slaughter

 

carn- flesh

Term
infiltrate
Definition

to enter or filter into or through something; to spy on a group from in its midst; to soak a liquid for a transfer of flavor

 

in/en/im/em- into

Term
voracious
Definition

having a huge appetite; ravenous; very eager

 

vor- to eat

Term
nascent
Definition

coming into existence; beginning to grow or develop; coming at the start

 

nat/nas/nai- to be born

Term
devour
Definition

to eat up greedily or ravenously; waste; annihilate; to enjoy avidly

 

vor- to eat

Term
incarnation
Definition

the embodiment of a deity on spirit in an earthly form; embodiment in human form

 

in- into

carn- flesh

Term
predestine
Definition

to settle befirehand

 

pre- before

 

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