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psat words 4
fourth list of psat words
Question | Answer |
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relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art | aesthetic |
apart, indifferent | aloof |
antiquated,old, out of use | archaic |
to ease, to mitigate, to make less painful or durdensome, to calm | assuage |
to contradict, to give a false impression | belie |
quarrelsome, stirring controversy | contentious |
to intimidate, to dismay | daunt |
to weaken, to enfeeble | debilitate |
lack of agreement, tension, strife | discord |
the act of spreading widely, scattering | dissemination |
strongly opinionated in a unwarranted manner, dictatorial | dogmatic |
double dealing, hypocrisy | duplicity |
self centered, selfish | egocentric |
substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is offensive | euphemism |
greedy for food and drink | gluttonous |
ordinary, commonplace | mundane |
threatening | ominous |
unreasonable touchiness or irritability | petulance |
exaggerated show of dignity or self importance, bombastic | pompous |
exceptionally early in development or occurrence | precocious |
lazy, indolent | slothful |
insignificant matters | trivia |
wordy, very talkative | verbose |
extremely poisonous, hateful | virulent |
quickly changeable, easily vaporized | volatile |