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PSAT Prep [7.2]
Vocabulary for Week 7 Day 2 of PSAT Preparatory
Word | Definition |
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advocate | urge; plead for |
amulet | ornament worn as a charm against evil spirits |
burly | brawny, husky |
clemency | disposition to be lenient; mildness, as of the weather |
communicable | transmittable |
compatible | harmonious; in harmony with |
contentious | quarrelsome, desiring to argue |
excerpt | selection from a book or play |
immaterial | extraneous, inconsequential, nonessential; not consisting of matter |
inalienable | incapable of being taken away |
inhibition | forbidding from within, holding in check from inner feeling, restraint |
moot | debatable, subject to argument or discussion; previously decided |
peripatetic | moving from place to place |
plebeian | common, vulgar, pertaining to common people, crude |
posit | to put in position; to suggest an idea |
pry | to intrude into; to force open |
reprehensible | deserving blame, disreputable |
tedious | boring; tiring |
voracious | having a great appetite |
wry | amusing, ironic |