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