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PSAT Vocab Sec. 2
vocab for the PSAT from the Princeton Review
Question | Answer |
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conciliatory | appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile |
credible | capable of being believed; plausible |
exonerate | to free from blame |
incontrovertible | indisputable; not open to question |
indict | to officially charge with wrongdoing or a crime |
litigious | prone to engage in lawsuits |
parity | equality, as in amount, status, or value |
partisan | devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause |
rectitude | moral uprightness; righteousness |
remiss | lax in attending to duty; negligent |
repudiate | to reject the validity or authority of |
sanctimonious | feigning piety or righteousness |
scrupulous | principled, having a strong sense of right and wrong; conscientious and exacting |
solicitous | concerned |
sophistry | plausible but misleading or fallacious argument |
substantiate | to support with proof or evidence; verify |
veracity | adherence to the truth; truthfulness |
vindicate | to free from blame |
cajole | to urge with repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery |
chicanery | trickery |
obsequious | fawning and servile |
sycophant | insincere, obsequious flatterer |
altruism | unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness |
eminent | distinguished; prominent |
empathetic | identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives |
extol | to praise highly |
laudatory | full of praise |
magnanimous | courageously or generously noble in mind and heart |
philanthropic | humanitarian; benevolent; relating to momentary generosity |
reciprocate | to mutually take or give; to respond in kind |
defunct | no longer existing or functioning |
eradicate | to get rid of as if by tearing up by the roots; abolish |
expurgate | to remove objectionable content before publication or release |
extirpate | to destroy |
quell | to put down forcibly; suppress |
raze | to level to the ground; demolish |
squelch | to crush as if by trampling; squash |
stymie | to thwart or stump |
supplant | to usurp the place of, especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics |
abase | to lower in rank, prestige, or esteem |
deride | to mock comtemptuously |
derogatory | insulting or intended to insult |
disparage | to speak of negatively; to belittle |
effrontery | brazen boldness; presumptuousness |
ignominy | great personal dishonor or humiliation; disgraceful conduct |
impugn | to attack as false or questionable |
mar | to damage, especially in a disfiguring way |
pejorative | disparaging, belittling, insulting |
vex | to annoy or bother; to perplex |
vindictive | disposed to seek revenge; revengeful; spiteful |