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PSAT "Duped Again"
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| presumptuous | Definition: disrespectfully bold |
| subtlety | Definition: the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze |
| superficial | Definition: near the surface |
| unnerving | Definition: Causing one to become nervous, afraid, upset, unable to think clearly |
| wry | Definition: humorously sarcastic or mocking; dry humor |
| witty | Definition: Clever or amusing |
| Reign | Definition: Have power over |
| supercilious | Definition: behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others; arrogant |
| haughty | Definition: arrogant |
| duped | Definition: fooled or tricked |
| deluded | Definition: deceived; fooled |
| provoke | Definition: Anger, arouse, bring to action |
| persecution | Definition: mistreatment or punishment of a group of people because of their beliefs |
| sycophant | Definition: a flatterer; one who compliments others in order to gain favor |
| unsound | Definition: not solid; not well founded; not healthy |
| fluid | Definition: changing readily; shifting; not fixed, stable, or rigid: |
| plethora | Definition: excess; overabundance |
| irascible | Definition: easily angered, irritable |
| querulous | Definition: habitually complaining |