List 3 (PSAT team) FMHS

Terms	Definitions
abstruse	difficult to understand, recondite, concealed
affable	friendly, courteous, amiable
audacity	excessive boldness, rashness, daring
contrite	extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant
credulous	believing on slight evidence, gullible
depravity	moral corruption, a wicked or perverse act
deprecate	to disapprove regretfully, to belittle, to express mild disapproval
didactic	instructive, designed to teach
dormant	inactive, sleeping
enigmatic	mysterious, inexplicable, puzzling
erudite	scholarly
exotic	foreign, unfamiliar
immutable	unchanging
incorrigible	incapable of being reformed or imrpoved
loathe	to detest
mitigate	to cause to become less harsh or hostile; to make less severe
nullify	to cause not to be in effect, to negate
pacifistic	opposed to war or use of force
pretentious	making an extravagant outward show, self-important
prologue	introductory remarks in a speech, play, or literary work, introductory action
recant	to withdraw or to repudiate a statement or belief, revoke
servile	overly submissive
trepidation	fear, trembling, agitation
fuse	to mix or join (usually by melting)
vilify	to malign, to defame, to utter abusive statements against

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