PSAT week 3 vocab (1-50)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Allay | To lessen in intensity; to remove or reduce fear or doubt; to calm to pacify. |
| Commiserate | To sympathize or condole with; to feel or show pity or sorrow for. |
| Emaciated | Wasted away from lack of nourishment; extremely thin. |
| Impasse | A condition or situation that stops progress, accomplishment or escape; a blockage, stalemate or deadlock. |
| Impecunious | Having no money. |
| Improvised | Made up without preparation; provided offhand; performed extemporaneously. |
| Impunity | Exemption or freedom from punishment or harm. |
| Ineffable | Too overpowering to be expressed in words; unutterable; indescribable. |
| Pewter | A dull silver-colored metal used for making dishes, pans, etc. |
| Primeval | From the first age; primitive; prehistoric. |
| Stipple | An arrangement of dots or speckles; to use or produce an area or pattern of such. |
| Strident | Harsh sounding; grating; shrill. |
| Stringent | Requiring very close compliance; strict; rigid; severe. |
| Stupor | A state of unawareness; intellectual or moral dullness or lack of feeling; a daze. |
| Teem | To be overflowing; to abound with; to be full of. |
| Temporal | Limited by time; transitory; secular or civil rather than religious or spiritual. |
| Tenet | A major belief or idea; a recognized principle; a dogma. |
| Tenuous | Very thin; or fine; flimsy; insubstantial |
| Terminate | To cause or bring to an end; to conclude; to end. |
| Terse | Concise; to the point; brief. |
| Tether | A rope, chain, etc., used to restrict movement; to tie up or confine with such an object. |
| Titanic | Of gigantic proportions or strength; enormous; huge; powerful. |
| Titular | In name only; having a title but no responsibilities. |
| Tortuous | Twisting; winding; turning; not direct or straightforward |
| Trajectory | The are which marks the path of an object that is hurled or fired but not otherwise propelled or guided. |
| Translucent | Allowing light to pass through but obscuring clear vision. |
| Travesty | A ridiculous, absurd or grotesque imitation |
| Treatise | A long and formal written work on a non-fictional subject. |
| Aberration | A change or departure from the usual, normal, prescribed, etc.; a disorder of the mind. |
| Abscond | To leave secretly and in hast, usually to escape the law. |
| Absolution | To forgiving of sin; a freeing from guilt and penalty; forgiveness. |
| Abstemious | Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate. |
| Acquiesced | Yielded; gave in; assented. |
| Acquisition | The act of gaining or acquiring; anything gained or acquired |
| Adamant | Determined;unyielding; uncompromising; immovable. |
| Addicted | Physiologically or psychologically dependent upon; completely self subject to some habit, practice, etc. |
| Adduced | Brought out or offered for consideration or proof; alleged. |
| Adjudicated | Determined in court; judged. |
| Agglomeration | The process of massing or clustering together; a jumbled mass or cluster. |
| Allegation | An unproven accusation, assertion or charge of guilt. |
| Allegory | A story or play in which characters and events portray moral principles and abstract truths. |
| Alleviate | To ease, relieve or lighten, to mitigate. |
| Alliteration | Repetition of beginning sound of several words in a phrase or line. |
| Altruistic | Motivated by or showing concern for others. |
| Amalgamate | To join or mix together; to unite; to combine. |
| Analgesic | Pain relieving; soothing. |
| Apathetic | Indifferent; unconcerned; unemotional. |
| Aureole | A surrounding radiance or fringe of light; a halo. |
| Auspicious | Favorable; fortunate; of good omen; propitious. |
| Avid | Very desirous of; eager; enthusiastic. |
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