7th Grade SSAT List 8

v. to lessen in violence or intensity

• abate

• decree

• hamper

• barter

v. to remain; continue; stay; endure

• abide

• candid

• camaraderie

• abrasive

n. something disgustingly offensive

• abomination

• banish

• barrage

• calamity

adj. rough; coarse; harsh

• abrasive

• depict

• divulge

• abide

v. to drive away; to force to leave a place by official decree

• banish

• humility

• eloquent

• endeavor

n. a rapid, large-scale outpouring of something

• barrage

• facet

• abide

• dogmatic

adj. empty, bare, not productive

• barren

• abrasive

• fanatic

• finesse

v. exchange goods without involving money.

• barter

• envious

• bigotry

• epilogue

n. intolerance toward those who are different

• bigotry

• endeavor

• finesse

• facet

v. to support; prop up

• bolster

• calamity

• callous

• abate