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PSAT list 5
acrimonious | caustic |
ameliorate | to make better, to relieve, to improve |
amenable | open to or willing to follow advice or suggestion, tractable, malleable |
amorphous | shapeless, having no definite form |
buoyant | capable of floating; cheerful |
cajole | to persuade with deliberate flattery, to coax, to wheedle |
calamity | a serious event causing distress or misfortune |
debase | to reduce in dignity or quality |
efface | to erase, to wear away |
elucidate | to make clear. to explain |
ephemeral | lasting a short period of time, fleeting |
ferocity | savagery |
flourish | to thrive, to grow well |
haughty | arrogant, excessively proud and vain |
impervious | incapable of being entered or penetrated, not capable of being damaged |
inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point; silly, insipid |
indolence | laziness |
infallible | incapable of error |
inscrutable | difficult to understand; mysterious |
languid | slow, sluggish, listless, weak |
malice | desire to harm others |
oblique | slanting, indirect,evasive, devious, misleading |
opulence | wealth, affluence, abundance |
penitent | showing or feeling regret for wrongdoing, repentant |
perfunctory | acting routinely with little interest or care |