PSAT: Lesson 10
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ak3525 on March 23, 2010
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Shakespeare List PSAT FMHS Vocabulary Vocab Words
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abstracted | removed in thought from the immediate situation, lost in one's own mind (The child, thinking of Chritmas, had an __________ look on his face) |
| adulation | extreme praise or admiration (Due to the great ____________ of the crowds, the politician thought that he might win the election) |
| adversity | misfortune, unfavorable happening (He has suffered much ____________ by first losing his job and then losing his wife) |
| bureon | to sprout, to newly emerge (Plants _________ with the coming of spring) |
| chimmera | a fantasy; a horrible creature of the imagination (He is not the ___________ your fears have made him in your mind) |
| culpable | deserving blame; guilty (He was ___________ for his children's contant bad behavior |
| decadent | decaying (Drugs, prostitution, and crime are signs of a ____________ society) |
| entraty | a plea, an earnet request (The lawyer made a lengthy ___________ to the jury before they retired to chambers.) |
| fatuous | foolish, silly in an obvious (The woman was _________ to think that she needed three thousand pairs of shoes) |
| humane | kind, compassionate, sympathetic and considerate (The United States was very ___________ in its treatment of prisoners of war) |
| indulgent | lenient, especially towards oneself (The boy did not learn respect from his ____________ parents) |
| ineptness | lack of competance or judgement (The evidence of his _______________ as a coach is his poor win-loss record) |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person (I was stunned when I didn't even receive a "thank you" from the _________.) |
| inundate | to flood, to overflow ( the relevision station was __________ with phone calls when the basketbll game was interrupted) |
| miser | one who lives in wretched circumstances to save and hoard money ( the old _______ miser lived in a shack but was actually a millionaire) |
| nefarious | extremely wicked, evil, vicious ( Hitlers treatment of Jewish people was a sign that he was a ______ person |
| prattle | meaningless sounds, babble ( I have difficulty understanding the _________ of young children. |
| predilection | preference ( He has a __________ for fish when he goes out.) |
| procrastinate | to defer action, to delay ( We try not to procrastinate when asked to do a job.) |
| stoic | a stoical person, not showing passio or feeling, indiffercne, impassive ( The umpire remained quite _____ despite the managers's screaming and intense booing of the crowd.) |
| suffrage | right to vote ( Woman's suffrage was a movement and a cause at the beginning of the twenieth century.) |
| summon | to call together, to send for or request to appear ( I am frightened because I have been ______ to the principal's office) |
| transparent | quality of being able to be seen through, clear (Glass is a ______________ substance) |
| turbulence | wild or disturbing activity (There is a lot of ______________ during a hurricane) |
| viable | He is a __________ candidate because he has experience and can attract votes) |
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