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Word Families PSAT
PSAT Word Families
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| garrulous, glib, loquacious, raconteur, verbose, volube | talkative |
| abscond, alias, arcane, clandestine, covert, cryptic, enigma, furtive, incognito, inconspicuous, lurk, obscure, skulk, subterranean, surrepitious | secret/hidden |
| concise, curt, laconic, pithy, reticent, succint, taciturn | not talkative |
| accolade, adulation, commend, eulogize, exalt, extol, laud, lionize, plaudit, revere | praise |
| admonish, berate, castigate, censure, chastise, defame, denigrate, disdain, disparage, excoriate, malign, obloquy, tail, rebuke, reproach, reprimand, reprove, revile, upbraid, vilify | criticize/scold |
| intractable, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, pertinacious, recalcitrant, refractory, tenacious | stubborn |
| indolent, lackadaisical, laggard, languid, lassitude, lethargic, listless, loiter, phlegmatic, sluggard, somnolent, torpid | lazy/lacking energy |
| craven, diffident, pusillanimous, timid, timorous | cowardly |
| callow, fledgling, infantile, ingenuous, neophyte, novice, tyro | inexperienced |
| amenable, assent, compliant, deferential, docile, pliant, submissive, tractable | obedient |
| affected, aloof, bombastic, grandiose, magniloquent, mannered, ostentatious, pontificate, supercilious | haughty/prententious |
| affable, amiable, amicable, bonhomie, convivial, gregarious | friendly |
| auspicious, fortuitous, opportune, seredipity | lucky |
| allay, alleviate, anodyne, assuage, liniment, mitigate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate | soothe |
| abhor, anathema, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, contentious, deplore, odious, rancor | hostility/hatred |
| buffoon, dolt, dupe, fatuous, imbecile, inane, insispid, obtuse, simpleton, vacuous, vapid | stupid |
| fawn, grovel, obsequious, servile, subjection, sycophant, toady | subservient |
| adversarial, bellicose, belligerent, fractious, irascible, obstreperous, pugnacious, quibble | argumentative |
| chary, circumspect, discretion, leery, prudent, wary | cautious |
| ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, transient, transitory | impermanent |
| acumen, adept, adroit, agile, astute, cogent, deft, dexterous, erudite, literate, lucidity, sagacious, trenchant | ability/intelligence |
| altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, bestow, largess, liberal, magnanimous, munificient, philanthropic | kind/generous |