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psat words 8
eighth list of psat words
Question | Answer |
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to give in, to comply | acquiesce |
a likeness, a natural relationship, a kinship | affinity |
irreverent, profane | blasphemous |
to support or prop | buttress |
careful to consider consequences, caustious, prudent | circumspect |
confirmation | corroboration |
to use up gradually, to lessen in amount or value | deplete |
ruling oppressivley and absolutely, tyrannical | despotic |
very thin usually as a result of starvation, wasiting away | emaciated |
based on observation or experiment and not on theory | empirical |
not essential or vital | extraneous |
inactive, plowed but not sowed | fallow |
of the same kind | homogeneous |
obvious exaggeration | byperbole |
indisputable | incontrovertible |
irritable, easily angered, cranky, cross | irascible |
using a minimum of words, concise to the point of seeming rude | laconic |
having a lofty, generous, and courageous spirit | magnanimity |
overly attentive, like a sycophant, servile | obsequious |
an increase in number, multiplication | proliferation |
very principled, very careful and conscientious | scrupulous |
exalted, noble, uplifting | sublime |
secret, clandestine, stealthy | surreptitious |
devotion to the truth | veracity |
enthusiasm, fervor | zeal |