PSAT Team Lessons 17-18
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abstemious | sparing (usually in eating or drinking); temperate |
| admonish | to caution to advise, or to counsel against something |
| amity | friendship |
| bastion | a fortification, a stronghold |
| callous | hardened; insensitive, indifferent, unsympathetic |
| clemency | leniency |
| debunk | to expose the falseness or hypocrisy of something |
| diffuse | to spread in all direction |
| dupe | to trick, to fool, to deceive, or to cheat; to bilk |
| exorcise | to expel an evil spirit, to get rid of something troublesome |
| finesse | delicate skill |
| humility | the quality or state of being humble in spirit |
| imperious | extremely overbearing |
| larceny | the act of stealing another's property |
| mirth | gladness and merriment usually accompanied by laughter |
| mollify | to soothe or to appease, to assuage |
| neologism | a newly coined word or phrase; new use of a word (often disapproved of) |
| orthodox | conforming to established standards, conventional |
| plight | difficult or adverse situation |
| repertoire | a list of works of music or readings that are ready for performance |
| rupture | to break apart, to burst |
| solicitous | worried, concerned |
| stolid | showing little emotion |
| tempestuous | turbulent, stormy |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| accord | agreement, state of harmony |
| annulment | a voiding, invalidation |
| arduous | very difficult to accomplish or to achieve, very demanding (task) |
| astute | shrewd, perspicacious, perceptive |
| carping | finding fault |
| covert | secret, concealed |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of something, to profane, to adulterate |
| dilatory | delaying, slow |
| esteem | estimate of value; approval and respect often blended with fondness |
| expatriate | an exile |
| fortuitous | something that happens by accident or chance (usually good) |
| guileless | without deceit |
| hackneyed | trite, banal, lacking freshness |
| illustrious | notable outstanding, famous |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied |
| loquacious | very talkative |
| neurotic | an emotionally unstable person; emotionally unstable |
| parch | to become dry from heat, to shrivel from heat |
| porous | something that permits the passage of substances through pores |
| rancid | having a foul or offensive smell or taste |
| reconcile | to reestablish friendship, to resolve a dispute |
| saccharine | overly sweet attitue |
| sonorous | resonant, producing a full and rich sound |
| tentative | not fully worked out, provisional, uncertain |
| utility | usefulness |
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