PSAT Lesson 7
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Abhor | to regard with extreme repungence; to detest utterly; to loathe. If there is one particular food I _____, it is hominy. |
| Accolade | praise, an award. He received many _______ for being an excellent teacher. |
| Ascetic | one who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation; absent of luxury. The rich playboy could not understand the ______ life led by the monk. |
| Bequeth | to hand down, to give or to leave in a will. I _________ my gym shorts to my brother after i graduated from high school. |
| Charlatan | one who claims to know something he does not, a quack. The side show featured a ______ posing as a mind reader. |
| Conflagration | A large fire.; Some believe that the earth will be destroyed by a large ________ |
| Dearth | a lack, a scarcity. The ______ of water in the arid country led to numerous deaths. |
| Diffidence | Shyness, reserve, unassertiveness; Because of his_________, he would not ask any girl to prom. |
| Effervescent | showing high spirits; She put me in a good mood because she was always so __________. |
| Ethereal | heavenly, unusually delicate, light, lacking material substance, intangible;The __________ sounds of the music soothed and calmed the patient |
| Expunge | to remove, to erase. Their names were ________ from the social register after they were convicted of selling cocaine. |
| Guile | deceitfulness, duplicity. The woman was the unfortunate victim of ____ and deceit when she lost her money to that swindler. |
| Implausible | not believable. His explanation of the accident is so _________ that no jury will believe. |
| Incongruity | Noncomformity, disagreement, incompatibility. The _________ between the two stories led me to doubt the accuracy of either report. |
| Insularity | qualities of an island; narow-mindedness of opinion. The ___________ of the president made it difficult to get a motion passed. |
| Morose | being sullen or gloomy; He was very _________ after his wife left him. |
| Placate | To appease or to pacify by making concessions; My wife is so angry at me that I cannot _________ her. |
| Poignant | piercing, incisive, and keen; The man's _________ words struck the very heart of the matter. |
| Provincial | lacking sophistication, narrow-minded; Her parents are so _________ that they believe they should arrange her marriage |
| Reiterate | to repeat; I hope that I am not becoming redundant by again ___________ the key facts. |
| Spontaneous | Having no external cause, acting on impulse. He knew exactly what I was thinking because my reacion was so __________. |
| Synthesis | combining parts into a whole. Before the project is complete, we need to establish a _______. |
| Toxic | poisonous. Carbon monoxide is _____ to animal life. |
| Vigilant | very alert, watchful. I have been _______ in trying to find the thief. |
| Voluble | Ability to use words easily, fluent and glib. A disc jockey needs to be a ________ speaker. |
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