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PSAT vocabulary
psat vocabulary words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ardent | passionate, enthusiastic |
| exponent | supporter or promoter of a cause |
| frivolous | silly and trivial; lacking in intellectual substance and not worth serious consideration |
| paramount | greatest in importance or significance |
| augment | to add to something in order to make it larger or more substantial |
| austere | humorless or suggesting strict self-denial; plain and simple, without luxury or self-indulgence |
| belabor | to repeat or discuss something unnecessarily or at too great a length |
| blithe | happy, cheerful, and carefree; casually indifferent |
| caricature | a drawing, description, or performance that exaggerates somebody's characteristics |
| chagrin | a feeling of vexation or humiliation due to disappointment about something |
| debunk | show something to be false |
| dilettante | somebody who takes up a subject or interest in a superficial or desultory way |
| desultory | aimlessly passing from one thing to another; happening in a random, disorganized, or unmethodical way |
| disenfranchise | to deprive a person or organization of a privilege, immunity, or legal right |
| eminent | of high standing; in a high or raised position |
| emulate | to try to equal or surpass somebody or something that is successful or admired |
| melee | a noisy, confused fight; a confused mixing of people or things |
| paragon | example of excellence |
| prudence | carefulness, caution, discretion |
| repudiate | to disapprove of something formally and strongly and renounce any connection with it; deny something; reject something that is offered |
| sycophant | a servile person who flatters somebody powerful for personal gain |
| timorous | timid |
| virtuosity | outstanding skill especially in performing music |
| zealot | a zealous support of a cause, especially religious |
| bureaucratic | relating to the way administrative systems are organized; applying rules rigidly within an administrative system or government |
| prolific | producing ideas or works frequently and in large quantities; fruitful; present in large numbers or containing large numbers of something |
| belie | to disguise the true nature of something; to show that something is not true or real |
| meticulous | extremely careful and precise |
| pseudonym | a name that is not somebody |
| invocation | calling upon a greater power such as God or a spirit for help; the act of calling upon or quoting something such as a law as a reason or justification |
| quell | to bring something to an end; to allay a disturbing feeling or thought |
| abhor | to disapprove of or reject something very strongly |
| levity | remarks or behavior intended to be amusing, especially when they are out of keeping with a serious occasion |
| belligerent | hostile or aggressive, ready to start a fight; engaged in war |
| obfuscate | to make something obscure or unclear, especially by making it complicated; to make somebody confused |
| censorious | highly critical, eager to criticize people or things; expressing strong disapproval or harsh criticism |
| extemporaneous | performed without any preparation; prepared in advance but delivered without notes; skilled at speaking without preparation or notes |
| judicious | showing wisdom, good sense, or discretion, often with the underlying objective of avoiding trouble or waste |
| ingenuous | showing innocence and a lack of worldly experience; appearing honest and direct |
| indubitable | not obvious or definitely true and not to be doubted |
| draconian | unjustly harsh or severe, relating to the Athenian legislator Draco or his wide-ranging and harsh code of laws |
| pragmatism | straightforward, practical way of thinking about things or dealing with problems, concerned with results rather than with theories and principles |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual; to save from oblivion or extinction |
| humdrum | lacking variety; boring, dull |
| monotony | wearisome uniformity or lack of variety |
| notoriety | the state, quality, or character of being notorious or widely known |
| notorious | widely and unfavorably known |
| igominy | disgrace, dishonor, public contempt |
| magnanimous | generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness |
| effusive | unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve |
| supercilious | haughtily disdainful or contemptuous |
| paragon | a model or pattern of excellence |
| frugal | economical in use or expenditure; prudently sparing or saving; not wasteful |
| munificent | very generous in giving a lot of money; characterized by generosity |
| abstruse | hard to understand; recondite; esoteric |
| recondite | requiring a high degree of scholarship or specialist knowledge to be understood |
| esoteric | intended for or understood by only an initiated few; obscure; secrete or highly confidential |
| lucid | rational and mentally clear; clear and easily understood |
| prosaic | not having features that are interesting or imaginative; lacking imagination |
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