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psat words 19
nineteenth list of psat words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |