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PSAT Vocab Sec. 2
vocab for the PSAT from the Princeton Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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