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psat words 3
third list of psat words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| difficult to understand, recondite, concealed | abstruse |
| friendly, courteous, amiable | affable |
| excessive boldness, rashness, daring | audacity |
| extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant | contrite |
| believing on slight evidence, gullible | credulous |
| moral corruption, a wicked or perverse act | depravity |
| to disapprove regretfully, to belittle, to express mild disapproval | deprecate |
| instructive, designed to teach | didactic |
| inactive, sleeping | dormant |
| mysterious, inexplicable, puzzling | enigmatic |
| scholarly | erudite |
| foreign, unfamiliar | exotic |
| to mix or to join (usually by melting) | fuse |
| unchanging | immutable |
| incapable of being reformed or improved | incorrigible |
| to detest | loathe |
| to cause to become less harsh or hostile; to make less severe | mitigate |
| to cause not to be in effect, to negate | nullify |
| opposed to war or use of force | pacifistic |
| making an extravagant outward show, self important | pretentious |
| introductory remarks in a speech, play or literary work, introductory action | prologue |
| to withdraw or to repudiate a statement or belief, revoke | recant |
| overly submissive | servile |
| fear, trembling, agitation | trepidation |
| to malign, to defame, to utter abusive statements against | vilify |