PSAT: Lesson 27
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ak3525 on May 24, 2010
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Shakespeare List PSAT FMHS Vocabulary Vocab Words
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abyss | bottomless hole, a vast expanse or depth (The man had fallen into the ________ of depravity.) |
| acrid | caustic, bitter, harsh (relates sometimes to taste and smell) (The ________ odor in the restaurant caused me to leave.) |
| acuity | sharpness of perception (His ________ in determining the facts made him a good judge.) |
| baleful | destructive, deadly (War is a ________ experience for many.) |
| cataclysm | an event or situation that causes a momentous change or upheaval (The San Francisco earthquake was a ________ event.) |
| catharsis | a purification or purging of emotions that brings about spiritual renewal (The child had so many repressed emotions that a ________ was needed to restore his normal state of mind.) |
| dogma | a system of beliefs or principles (The foreigner was anxious to learn the ________ of the church since he had never been exposed to it.) |
| edifice | a very large building (This particular ________ has the title of being the tallest building in the world.) |
| enumerate | to count one by one (In his summation, my lawyer ________ all of the reasons why I should receive a verdict of "not guilty.") |
| grate | to cause irritation (Her acrimonious comments ________ on my nerves.) |
| inertia | resistance to motion or action (In order to move, a force must first overcome a body's initial ________ .) |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits, excessive (It is a sign of trouble when a student has an ________ number of absences.) |
| luminous | shining, full of light (The most ________ thing visible from Earth is the sun.) |
| maudlin | overly sentimental (The ________ clown cried excessively over a simple popped balloon.) |
| novice | a beginner (A ________ in swimming should stay in the shallow end of the pool until he is more skilled.) |
| pique | resentment, irritation (After finding that he had been seeing other women, she showed her ________ by not speaking to him.) |
| propensity | preference, natural inclination (I have a ________ for rising early.) |
| purse | to pucker or to tighten one's lips (The angrier he got, the more he ________ his lips.) |
| refute | to disprove, to show as erroneous (The lawyer presented evidence that ________ the testimony of the witness.) |
| remuneration | the act of paying for a service, loss, or expense (The man sought ________ for his expenses from his boss.) |
| soothsayer | a person who is able to predict the future, seer (After John Kennedy was shot, many self-proclaimed ________ claimed to have predicted the assassination.) |
| supple | easily bent, elastic, pliable (Her ________ bones allowed her to perform strange feats in gymnastics.) |
| travail | difficult labor (It took years of ________ to build this business.) |
| understate | to show restraint or lack of emphasis (I believe that you are ________ the danger of nuclear energy.) |
| vibrant | full of life (She was a ________ young woman before she went into a coma.) |
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