Hightower PSAT Vocab Test 4
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charlstonbrittonjr on September 15, 2010
Classes:
Ben Franklin High School, Dr. Hightower's English III Gifted
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49 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Effrontery | Insolent Boldness, Cheek, cockiness, audacity. |
| Elusive | Evasive; baffling; hard to grasp.Slippery, indefinable. |
| Enumerate | List, mention one by one, itemize, identify |
| Ephemeral | short lived; fleeting, transient, momentary, passing. |
| Espouse | Adopt; support, embrace, accept, support. |
| Estranged | Seperated; alienated, isolated, alone. |
| Expedite | Hasten, speed up, accelerate, hurry. |
| Expurgate | Clean, remove offensive parts of a book, censor, edit |
| Fallacious | Misleading; false, erroneous, untrue, wrong incorrect. |
| Fawning | Seeking favor by cringing and flattering; obsequious, servile, ingratiating, groveling. |
| Fervor | Glowing ardor; intensity of feeling passion, emotion, zeal, avidity. |
| Fraudulent | Cheating, deceitful corrupt, criminal, unlawful. |
| Furtive | attempting to avoid notice or attention, suggestive of guilty nervousness, stealthy, secret, surreptitious, privy, hidden, sneaky, sly, clandestine, underhand |
| Garble | reproduce (a message, sound, or transmission) in a confused and distorted way, distort, pervert, twist, misrepresent, wrench |
| Garrulous | excessively talkative, esp. on trivial matters, talkative, loquacious, voluble, gabby, chatty, gossipy |
| Germane | relevant to a subject under consideration, relevant |
| Gregarious | fond of company; sociable; social; companionable |
| Guile | sly or cunning intelligence, wile, deceit, ruse, craftiness, trick, deception, trickery, artifice, fraud, slyness |
| Hackneyed | lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite (of a phrase or idea), trite; banal; common place; threadbare; platitudinous; well-worn; stale; corny; trivial |
| Harangue | a lengthy and aggressive speech, speech, allocution, address, oration |
| Iconoclastic | characterized by attack on cherished beliefs or institutions, nonconformist, rebellious |
| Idiosyncrasy | a mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual, a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual, peculiar, quirk |
| Immutable | unchanging through time; unalterable; ageless, unchangeable, changeless |
| Impecunious | having little or no money, penniless, poor, destitute, poverty-stricken |
| Imperceptible | very slight, gradual, or subtle, not perceived by or affecting the senses, hidden, unperceivable, undetectable |
| Impetuous | of, pertaining to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc., having great impetus; moving with great force; violent, eager, headlong, impulsive, violent, rash |
| Implacable | not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified, unappeasable, merciless, unbending |
| Importune | to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence, to make improper advances towards or person; to beg for something urgently and persistently, beseech, entreat, implore, supplicate, solicit, plead |
| Incarcerate | to imprison, to confine, to enclose; constrict closely, jail, immure, intern |
| Incite | to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action, instigate, provoke, goad, spur, exhort, rouse |
| Inconsequential | of little or no importance; insignificant; trivial, irrelevant, insignificant, illogical |
| Indigenous | originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native, innate; inherent; natural; aboriginal |
| Inept | without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit, generally awkward or clumsy; haplessly incompetent, unskillful, bungling, inane |
| Infallible | absolutely trustworthy or sure, unfailing in effectiveness or operation; certain, trusty, authentic, consistent, reliable, trustworthy |
| Ingenuous | free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere, frank, sincere, straightforward, open |
| Inkling | a slight suggestion or indication; hint; imitation, a vague idea or notion; slight understanding |
| Inscrutable | not easily understood; mysterious; unfathomable, hidden, incomprehensible; undiscoverable, inexplicable |
| Embellish | Adorn, decorate, beautify, enhance. |
| Enigma | Puzzle; mystery, condundrum, paradox, riddle. |
| Erroneous | Mistaken; wrong, Incorrect, inaccurate, untrue. |
| Eschew | Avoid, astain from, refrain from, shun. |
| Esoteric | Hard to understand; known only to a chosen few, obscure, arcane, abstract. |
| Ethereal | Light, heavenly; unusually refined, elegant, graceful, airy. |
| Exonerate | Aquit, exculpate, absolve, forgive, clear, discharge. |
| Farce | Broad comedy; mockery sham, slapstick, absurdity. |
| Fastidious | Difficult to please; squeamish scrupulous, finicky, meticulous, fussy |
| Fetid | Having a foul, disgusting odor, stinky, smelly, malodorous. |
| Fissure | Opening, crack, breach. |
| Forthright | outspoken; frank,direct, straightforward, honest, sincere, candid |
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