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psat words 19
nineteenth list of psat words
Question | Answer |
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something joined or added | adjunct |
out of place; abnormal | anomalous |
waging war; inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness | belligerent |
to blame; to condemn | censure |
a yielding; acquiescence | compliance |
to make dirty; to desecrate; to pollute | defile |
attentive and energetic effort in a pursuit or study | diligent |
appropriate for a purpose but not necessarily moral, right, or just | expedient |
to treat with contempt | flout |
very irritating | galling |
announced; publicized | heralded |
a spell designed for a particular effect | incantation |
native to a certain area | indigenous |
very pleasant to the taste | luscious |
characterized by moving about from place to place as nomads | nomadic |
to deflect or to ward off a blow | parry |
to cause; to speedily occur; to throw headlong | precipitate |
sharp or irritating to the taste or smell | pungent |
to give formal approval | ratify |
wise; shrewd | sagacious |
messy; untidy | slovenly |
malicious; malevolent | spiteful |
slightly connected; divergent | tangential |
to decrease in thickness or width | taper |
a wanderer who doesn't have a home | vagrant |