fifteenth list of psat words
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| to reduce in intensity or amount | abate
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| preceding a cause, previous | antecedent
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| very dry | arid
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| a cource of harm or destsruction; harmful; destructive | bane, baneful
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| to harass | beleaguer
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| scorn, extreme dislike or disdain | contempt
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| given to faultfinding, sneering, and sarcasm, exhibiting mocking disbelief | cynical
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| skillful and active with the hands, manually adroit and skillful | dexterous
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| sullen, stern, harsh | dour
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| to glorify, to praise, to raise in rank | exalt
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| happy or delightful | felicitous
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| free from fault or blame | impeccable
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| marked by extreme calm, impassivity, assuarance and steadiness | imperturbable
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| capable of being shaped, influences, or altered, tractable | malleable
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| to humiliate, to wound pride, to experience shame | mortify
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| extremely stubborn, unwilling to accept advice | obdurate
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| trite remark, banal statement | platitude
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| a wasteful person, extremely wasteful, given to licentiousness | profligate
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| looking for a fight, combative, belligerent | pugnacious
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| appetizing | savory
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| to reject or to refuse with hostility | spurn
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| haughty, vain and arrogant | supercilious
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| overused, commonplace, hackneyed | trite
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| clamorous, boisterous (suggests a vehement outcry) | vociferous
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| something offensive to good taste and refinement | vulgarity
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