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psat words 4
fourth list of psat words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art | aesthetic |
| apart, indifferent | aloof |
| antiquated,old, out of use | archaic |
| to ease, to mitigate, to make less painful or durdensome, to calm | assuage |
| to contradict, to give a false impression | belie |
| quarrelsome, stirring controversy | contentious |
| to intimidate, to dismay | daunt |
| to weaken, to enfeeble | debilitate |
| lack of agreement, tension, strife | discord |
| the act of spreading widely, scattering | dissemination |
| strongly opinionated in a unwarranted manner, dictatorial | dogmatic |
| double dealing, hypocrisy | duplicity |
| self centered, selfish | egocentric |
| substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is offensive | euphemism |
| greedy for food and drink | gluttonous |
| ordinary, commonplace | mundane |
| threatening | ominous |
| unreasonable touchiness or irritability | petulance |
| exaggerated show of dignity or self importance, bombastic | pompous |
| exceptionally early in development or occurrence | precocious |
| lazy, indolent | slothful |
| insignificant matters | trivia |
| wordy, very talkative | verbose |
| extremely poisonous, hateful | virulent |
| quickly changeable, easily vaporized | volatile |