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Grade 8 PSAT 1st Sem
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aberration | a defect or departure from the normal; deviation or imperfection |
| applicable | readily usable |
| categorical | without exception; absolute and explicitly; of or relating to categories or arrangements or order |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time (usually medical symptoms) |
| contingent | depending on something else that might or might not happen |
| deceptive | tending to deceive, betray or fool |
| defensible | able to be defended |
| episodic | relating to or happening in episodes |
| erroneous | mistaken and untrue; wrong |
| factual | of the nature of fact; real |
| fallacy | a false notion |
| fantasy | a creation of the imagination; an imagined event or dream |
| fleeting | passing quickly; ephemeral |
| genuine | not counterfeit, but authentic; honest and real; free from hypocrisy or dishonesty; sincere |
| hallucination | delusion |
| illusion | something that looks or seems different from what it is |
| imaginative | having a lively, creative mind; creating fantastic dreams |
| imprecise | not precise; not exact or sure |
| inaccurate | mistaken or incorrect; not accurate |
| incessant | non-stop |
| incidental | happening as a minor part or result of something else |
| intermittent | starting, stopping and starting again: not constant or steady |
| interrupt | to stop for a time |
| invulnerable | impossible to damage or enter |
| legitimacy | the quality of being legitimate—according to the law |
| mirage | an optical phenomenon that creates the illusion of water |
| oscillate | to move back and forth; to waver or doubt a decision |
| periodic | happening regularly over a period of time |
| persevering | to continue doing something or trying to do something even though it is difficult |
| persistent | continuing to do something or to try to do something even though it is difficult or other people want to stop you |
| pragmatic | practical |
| recurrent | occurring repeatedly |
| resistant | opposed to something: trying to prevent something from happening |
| spasmodic | having the characteristic of a spasm or convulsion |
| tangible | possible to touch |
| truism | self-evident truth, a common statement that is obviously true |
| unassailable | undeniable, can not be assailed/attacked or questioned or doubted |
| valid | fair or reasonable; acceptable to the law |
| veracity | adherence to truth; honesty |
| whimsy | a whim or an odd or fanciful idea |
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