PSAT word group 5
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gtreffinger on September 30, 2010
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Latin | English |
|---|---|
| savant (n) |  learned scholar; academic, intellectual, expert |
| seclusion (n) | isolation; solitude; aloneness; detachment; hiding |
| sever (v) | cut; separate; cleave; disconnect; split |
| serendipity (n) | gift for finding valuable or desireable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck; dumb luck; happenstance |
| sobriety (n) | moderation; seriousness; abstaining; continence; refraining |
| soporific (adj) | sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness; anesthetic; calming; drowsy |
| spendthrift (n) | somone who wastes money; big spender; high-roller; prodigal |
| staid (adj) | sober; sedate; restrained; calm; collected; composed |
| stalwart (adj) | strong and vigorous; unwaveringly dependable; bold; determined; robust |
| stoic (adj) | impassive; unmoved by joy or grief; aloof; dispassionate; stolid |
| stratagem (n) | deceptive scheme; trick; con; plan; gambit |
| stupefy (v) | make numb; stun; amaze; daze; dull; astonish; perplex |
| sublime (adj) | exalted; noble and uplifting; utter; great; elevated; grand |
| sycophant (n) | servile flatterer; bootlicker; adulater; brownnoser; groupie |
| panacea (n) | cure-all; remedy for all diseases; antidote; healing agent |
| paucity (n) | scarcity; lack; absence; dearth |
| perdition (n) | damnation; complete ruin; hell; place of torment |
| perfidious (adj) | treacherous; disloyal; betraying; deceitful |
| perfunctory (adj) | performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial |
| perjury (n) | false testimoney while under oath; dishonesty; deception |
| pervasive (adj) | spread throught every part; extensive; permeating |
| petulant (adj) | touchy; peevish; crabby; moody |
| phlegmatic (adj) | not easily excited to action or emotional displays; calm; sluggish; unemotional; apathetic |
| plethora (n) | excess; overabundance; plenty; surplus |
| pluck (n) | courage; bravery; guts |
| prate (v) | speak foolishly; boast idly; flaunt; gloat |
| precedent (n) | something proceeding in time that may be used as an authority or guide for future action |
| precursor (n) | forebear; ancestor; something that precedes another |
| premise (n) | assumption; postulation; hypothesis; argument |
| prevaricate (v) | lie; deceive; stretch the truth |
| promulgate (v) | proclaim a doctrine or law; make known by official publication; advertise; declare |
| prudent (adj) | cautious; careful; discerning; tactical |
| pugnacious (adj) | combative; disposed to fight; argumentative; hostile |
| recluse (n) | a person who lives in seclusion or a part from society; often for religious meditation; hermit; loner; isolated |
| renown (n) | widespread reputation; especially a good kind; fame |
| reticent (adj) | disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reservfed; uncommunicative; inclined to be silent |
| reverent (adj) | showing or feeling deep and solemn respect; respectful; worshipful |
| quandary (n) | a situation or circumstance that presents problems difficult to solve; predicament; dilemma |
| quagmire (n) | a dangerous situation that is difficult to be freed from; a trial |
| querulous (adj) | inclined to make whining or peevish complaints; fretful; whining |
| rabid (adj) | furious or raging; violently intense; fanatic; furious |
| raucous (adj) | harsh and shrill; harsh; strident; grating |
| rectitude (n) | uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment; rightness of principle or conduct |
| rejoinder (n) | a reply or response to a question or remark; retort; comeback; reply |
| remonstrance (n) | to say or plead in protest; objection; disapproval; protest |
| resolution (n) | determination; firm decision upon an action, course of action, method, or procedure |
| resonant (adj) | deep and full in sound; echoing; resounding |
| revelry (n) | boisterous merrymaking; jolly festivity; rowdy celebration |
| remunerative (adj) | lucrative; rewarding; profitable |
| repress (v) | restrain; hold back; crush; suppress; to keep down; control |
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