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psat words 9
ninth list of psat words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| having more than one meaning, unclear, uncertain | ambiguous |
| friendly, sociable, and congenial, civil and urbane | amiable |
| course, crude, and unrefined | crass |
| rambing, moving from one topic to another randomly | discursive |
| easily managed, obedient, passive | docile |
| to alienate, to separate | estrange |
| to free from blame, obligation, or responsiblity, to exculpate | exonerate |
| given freely, unwarranted | gratuitous |
| to reach a conclusion based on an assumption or something not proven | hypothesize |
| anger as a result of something unjust | indignation |
| to bring on or to bring about | induce |
| difficult to manage | intractable |
| the quality of examining one's own mind or thoughts | introspective |
| easily understood, mentally sound | lucid |
| taking great care | meticulous |
| a hater of mankind | misanthrope |
| very generous | munificent |
| to steal and to use another's writings as one's own | plagiarize |
| extravagantly abundant, flowing freely | profuse |
| a person who lives in solitude, a hermit | recluse |
| satisified fully, indulged to excess | sated |
| to dull the senses as to put into a stupor | stupefy |
| concise | terse |
| quickly passing, fleeting | transient |
| one skilled in the fine arts as an accomplished musician, a savant | virtuoso |