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PSAT Prep [7.4]
Vocabulary for Week 7 Day 4 of PSAT Preparatory
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| coddle | to baby, to treat indulgently |
| dissipate | to scatter; to pursue pleasure to excess |
| ethereal | referring to the upper regions, celestial; not earthly, spiritual, delicate |
| evoke | to inspire memories; to produce a reaction |
| immutable | unchangeable; invariable |
| loll | sprawl awkwardly, relax |
| mannered | artificial or stilted in character |
| mutability | changeableness, tendency to change |
| oblique | indirect, evasive; misleading, devious |
| officious | forcing one's service or office upon another, too forward; to helpful, meddlesome |
| perambulator | baby carriage |
| predicate | to found or base on |
| prescribe | to set down a rule; to recommend a treatment |
| quicken | to hasten, arouse, excite |
| superannuated | too old, obsolete, outdated |
| symbiosis | cooperation, mutual helpfulness |
| synopsis | plot summary |
| trajectory | curve which a body describes in space, path traced by projectile from gun to target |
| venomous | poisonous, deadly |
| wayward | erratic, unrestrained, reckless |