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PSAT lesson 11
Word | Definition |
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abet | to encourage or to assist (usually an offense against justice or the law) |
agile | characterized by the ability to move quickly with suppleness and grace |
antidote | something that relieves the effects of poison |
ascertain | to find out definitely; to determine |
benevolence | kindness, generosity, charity |
desolate | deserted, without inhabitants, barren |
din | loud and discordant noises, cacophony |
dissuade | to advise against, to talk out of |
distend | to expand, to swell |
enervation | weakness |
eulogy | praise or tribute |
fitful | irregular |
indelible | cannot be removed, washed away or erased |
inert | unable to move or to act, sluggish |
malevolence | ill will or evil intentions |
obliterate | to remove all traces of; to do away with; to destroy completely; to cancel |
ornate | excessively decorated |
paucity | scarcity, fewness of number, dearth |
piety | devotion and reverence to God |
precarious | dangerous, risky, not a secure situation |
prosaic | commonplace, uninspired, banal |
quiescent | inactive, dormant |
scintillating | sparkling, shining, or flashing |
squalid | filthy in appearance, sordid |
vexation | discomfort or distress |