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PSAT lesson 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance, to detest utterly; to loathe |
| accolade | praise, an award |
| ascetic | one who leads a life of self |
| bequeath | to hand down, to gibe or to leave in a will |
| charlatan | one who claims to know something that he does not, a quack |
| conflagration | a large fire, metaphorical |
| dearth | a lack, a scarcity |
| diffedence | shynes, reserve, unsassertiveness |
| effervescent | showing high spirits |
| ethereal | heavenly, unusually delicate, light, lacking material substance, intanglibe |
| expunge | to remove, to erase |
| guile | decetifulness, duplicity |
| implausible | not believable |
| incongruity | nonconformity, disagreement, incompatibility |
| insularity | qualities of an island, narrow |
| morose | being sullen or gloomy |
| placate | to appease or to pacify by making concessions |
| poignant | piercing, incisive, to the point |
| provincial | lacking sophistication, narrow |
| reiterate | to repeat |
| spontaneous | having no external cause, acting on impulse |
| synthesis | combining parts into a whole |
| toxic | poisonous |
| vigilant | very alert, watchful |
| voluble | ability to use words easily, fluent and glib |