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PSAT 2
PSAT
| word | def |
|---|---|
| adamant | extremly stubborn |
| assiduous | hard-working |
| conscientious | careful and principled |
| diligent | marked by painstaking effort; hard-working |
| dogged | stubbornly perseving |
| exemplary | commendable |
| fastidious | possessing careful attention to detail |
| intrepid | courageous; fearless |
| meticulous | extremely careful and percise |
| obstinate | stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action |
| tenacity | persitent adherent to a belief or point of view |
| milk | to draw or extract profit or advantage from |
| zealous | passionate; extremly interested in pursuing something |
| punctilious | strictly attentive to minute details; picky |
| alleviate | to ease a pain or burden |
| asylum | a place of retreat or security |
| auspicious | attended by favorable circumstance |
| benign | kind and gentle |
| emollient | softening and soothing |
| mitigate | to make less severe or painful |
| mollify | to calm or soothe |
| spurious | not genuine; false |
| capricious | impulsive and unpredictable |
| disdain | to regard or treat w/ contempt; to look down on |
| glower | to look or stare angrily or sullenly |
| hackneyed | too familiar through overuse |
| pejorative | describing words or phrases that belittleor speak negatively of someone |
| sanction | to give official authorization or approval to |
| substantiated | supported with proof or evidence; verified |
| exculpate | to free from guilt or blame |
| debunk | to expose the falseness of |
| deleterious | having a harmful effect; injurious |
| disingenuous | not straightforward; crafty |
| disprale | fundamentally distinct or different |
| fabricated | made; concocted in order to decieve |
| plagiarism | the act of passing off as one's own the ideas of writtings of another |
| trite | unoriginal; overused |
| vilify | to make vicious statements about |
| disparge | to speak in slighting way or negatively; to belittle |
| aberration | a deviation from the way things normally happen or are done |
| dubious | doubtful; of unlikely authenticity |
| ostentatious | describing a showy or pretentious display |
| quandry | a state of uncertainty or perplexity |
| stymied | thwarted; stumped; blocked |
| wily | cuning |
| aesthetic | having to do with the appreciation of beauty |
| decorous | proper; marked by good taste |
| embellish | to make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate |
| idyllic | simple and carefree |
| medley | an assortment or a mixture, especially of musical pieces |
| mural | a big painting applied directly to a wall |
| opulent | exhibiting a display of great wealth |
| ornate | elaborately ornamented |
| pristine | not spoiled; pure |
| serene | calm |
| lucid | easily understood |
| affable | easy-going; friendly |
| amenable | responsive; agreeable |
| amiable | good-natured and likeable |
| camaraderie | good will between friends |
| cordial | warm; sincere; friendly |
| gregarious | enjoying the company of others; sociable |
| salutary | promoting good health |
| sanguine | cheerfully confident; optimistic |
| innocuous | having no bad effect; harmless |
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