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psat lesson 10
Question | Answer |
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abstracted | removed in thought from the immediate situation; lost in one's own mind |
adulation | extreme praise or admiration |
adversity | misfortune, unfavorable happening |
burgeon | to sprout, to newly emerge |
chimera | a fantasy; a horrible creature of the imagination |
culpable | deserving blame; guilty |
decadent | decaying |
entreaty | a plea, an earnest request |
fatuous | foolish, silly in an obnoxious way, inane |
humane | kind, compassionate, sympathetic, considerate |
indulgent | lenient, especially toward oneself |
ineptness | lack of competence or judgement |
ingrate | an ungrateful person |
inundate | to flood, to overflow |
miser | one who lives in wretched circumstances to save and hoard money |
nefarious | extremely wicked, evil, vicious |
prattle | meaningless sounds, babble |
predilection | preference |
procrastinate | to defer action; to delay |
stoic | not showing passion or feeling, indifference, impassive |
suffrage | right to vote |
summon | to call together, to send for or to request to appear |
transparent | quality of being seen through, clear |
turbulence | wild or disturbing activity |
viable | capable of working, functioning, or developing adequately |