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psat words 3
third list of psat words
Question | Answer |
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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 |