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PSAT Vocab 14
Term | Definition |
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adulterate | to make impure by adding lesser substances; to corrupt |
animosity | harsh feelings, enmity, resentment, hatred |
apocryphal | of doubtful origin or authenticity, not genuine |
avarice | greed for wealth |
coalesce | to merge, to fuse, to join, or to unite |
collaborate | to work together |
cryptic | mysterious, secret |
desultory | jumping around, aimless, random |
dissipation | wasteful spending, squandering |
edifying | instructing & improving spiritually or morally |
equivocate | to attempt to lie, to mislead, or to hide the truth |
espousing | marrying, giving one's loyalty; adopting or embracing a cause |
hedonist | one who seeks pleasure as the sole aim in life |
indefatigable | tireless, incapable of being fatigued |
interminable | having or seeming to have no end, wearisomely protracted |
naive | unsophisticated |
parody | humorous or ridiculous imitation |
peripheral | on the edge, not important |
portent | a sign or forewarning |
prodigious | extraordinary in bulk, quantity, or degree, great in size, enormous |
profane | showing contempt toward sacred things |
respite | a rest, a delay, a period of relief |
sordid | filthy, foul |
surfeited | fed or supplied to excess |
trifling | not significant, frivolous |