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PSAT Vocab
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105
Language - English
10th Grade
10/01/2011

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Term
Candid
Definition
adj.
Completley honest, straightforward
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Conjecture
Definition
n.
inference; guesswork
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Didactic
Definition
adj.
instructive
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Euphemism
Definition
n.
a mild, indirect, or vague term substituting for a harsh, blunt, or offensive one
Term
Extrapolate
Definition
v.
to infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information
Term
Incoherent
Definition
adj.
lacking cohession or connection
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Insinuate
Definition
v.
to introduce or communicate stealthily
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Lucid
Definition
adj.
easily understood; clear
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Rhetoric
Definition
n.
the art of using language effectively and persuasively
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Acumen
Definition
n.
quickness, accuracy, and keeness of jugdement or insight.
Term
Adroit
Definition
adj.
deft; skillfull
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Ascertain
Definition
v.
to find out, as through investigation or experimentation
Term
Astute
Definition
adj.
shrewd; clever
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Circumspect
Definition
adj.
careful; prudent; discret
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Disseminate
Definition
V.
to scatter widely, as in sowing seed
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Erudition
Definition
n.
deep extensive learning
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Husbandry
Definition
n.
the application of scientific principles to agriculture, espically to animal breeding
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Pedantic
Definition
adj.
excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules
Term
Precocious
Definition
adj.
exhibiting unusually early intellectual aptitude or maturity
Term
Prospectus
Definition
n.
formal proposal
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Rudimentary
Definition
adj.
basic; elementary; in the earliest stage of developement
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Abstruse
Definition
adj.
difficult to understand
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Callous
Definition
adj.
emotionally hardened; unfeeling
Term
Convoluted
Definition
qdj.
intricate; complex
Term
Inscrutable
Definition
adj.
difficult to fathom or understand; impentrable
Term
Reticent
Definition
adj.
inclined to keep silent; reserved
Term
Staid
Definition
adj.
unemotional; serious
Term
Arcane
Definition
adj.
known or understoood by only a few
Term
Autonomy
Definition
n.
independence; self-detemination
Term
Esoteric
Definition
adj.
intended for or understood by only a small group
Term
Gaffe
Definition
n.
a clumsy error; a faux pas
Term
Idiosyncrasy
Definition
n.
characteristic peculiar to an indvidual or group
Term
Potentate
Definition
n.
one who has the power and position to rule over others; monarch
Term
Castigate
Definition
V.
to scold, rebuke, or harshly critize
Term
Censure
Definition
v.
to issue official blame
Term
Denounce
Definition
V.
to condemn openly
Term
Vituperative
Definition
adj.
marked by harshly abusive condemnation
Term
Circumscribe
Definition
v.
to draw a circle around; to restrict
Term
Conciliatory
Definition
adj.
appeading; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile
Term
Exonerate
Definition
v.
to free from blame
Term
litigious
Definition
adj.
prone to engage in lawsuits
Term
Parity
Definition
n.
equality, as in amount, status, or value
Term
Rectitude
Definition
n.
moral uprightness; righteousness
Term
Repudiate
Definition
v.
to reject the validity or authority of
Term
Sanctimonious
Definition
adj.
feigning piety or righteousness
Term
Solicitous
Definition
adj.
concerned
Term
Sophistry
Definition
n.
plausible but misleading or fallacious argument
Term
Substantiate
Definition
V.
to support with proof or evidence; verify
Term
Veracity
Definition
n.
adherence to the truth; truthfulness
Term
Veracity
Definition
n.
adherence to the truth; truthfulness
Term
Veracity
Definition
n.
adherence to the truth; truthfulness
Term
Vindicate
Definition
v.
to free from blame
Term
Cajole
Definition
v.
to urge with repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery
Term
Chicanery
Definition
n.
trickery
Term
Obsequious
Definition
adj.
fawning and servile
Term
sycophant
Definition
n.
insincere, obsequious flatter
Term
Eminent
Definition
adj.
distinguished; prominent
Term
Laudatory
Definition
adj.
full of praise
Term
Magnanimous
Definition
adj.
courageously or generously noble in mind and heart
Term
Reciprocate
Definition
v.
to mutually take or give; to respond in kindness
Term
Defunct
Definition
adj.
no longer existing or functioning
Term
Eradicate
Definition
v.
to get rid of ad if by tearing it up by the roots; abolish
Term
Expurgate
Definition
v.
to remove objectionable content before publication or release
Term
Extirpate
Definition
v.
to destroy
Term
Raze
Definition
v.
to level to the ground; demolish
Term
Squelch
Definition
v.
to crush as if by trampling; squash
Term
Supplant
Definition
v.
to unsurp the place of, especially through intrigue or underhanded tatics
Term
Stymie
Definition
v.
to thwart or stump
Term
Abase
Definition
v.
to lower in rank, prestige, or esteem
Term
Deride
Definition
v.
to mock contemptuously
Term
Disparage
Definition
v.
to speak of negatively; to belittle
Term
Effrontery
Definition
n.
brazen boldness; presumptuousness
Term
Ignominy
Definition
n.
to attack as false or questionable
Term
Mar
Definition
v.
to damage, espically in a disfiguring way
Term
Pejorative
Definition
adj.
disparging, belittling, insulting
Term
Vindictive
Definition
adj.
disposed to seek revenge; revengeful; spiteful
Term
Bombastic
Definition
adj.
given to pompous speech or writing
Term
Ebullience
Definition
n.
intense enthusiasm
Term
Exorbitant
Definition
adj.
exceeding all bound, as of custom or fairness
Term
Exuberant
Definition
adj.
full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy
Term
Flagrant
Definition
adj.
extremely or deliberately shocking or noticible
Term
Lugubrious
Definition
adj.
mournful, disma, or gloomy, espcially to an exaggerated or ludricous degree
Term
Penchant
Definition
n.
a strong inclination or liking
Term
Ubuquitous
Definition
adj.
being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent
Term
Vicarious
Definition
adj.
felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experince of feeelings of another
Term
Amalgam
Definition
n.
a combination of diverse elements; a mixture
Term
Inundate
Definition
v.
to overwhelm as if with a flood; to swamp
Term
Multifarious
Definition
adj.
diverse; various
Term
Multiplicity
Definition
n.
state of being various or manifold; a great number
Term
Ameliorate
Definition
v.
to make something better; improve
Term
Curative
Definition
adj.
able to heal or cure
Term
Palliative
Definition
n.
relieving or sootghing the symptome of a disease or disorder without effecting a cure
Term
Felictious
Definition
adj.
admirably suitble; apt
Term
Belie
Definition
v.
to misrepresent
Term
Duplicitous
Definition
adj.
deliberately decceptive
Term
Duplicitous
Definition
adj.
deliberately decceptive
Term
Fallacy
Definition
n.
a false notion
Term
Mendacious
Definition
adj.
lying; untruthful
Term
Specious
Definition
adj.
having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually false
Term
Ambivalent
Definition
adj.
simultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain
Term
Apathetic
Definition
adj.
feeling or showing little emotion
Term
Capricious
Definition
adj.
impulsive and unpredictible
Term
Quivocal
Definition
adj.
open to 2 or more interppertations and often intended to mislead; ambigous
Term
Vacillate
Definition
v.
to sway from one side to the other
Term
Flag
Definition
v.
to decline in vigor or strength; to tire; to droop
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