PSAT Vocabulary Level 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Apathy | lack of caring; indifference |
| Assert | state strongly or positively; insist on or demand recognition of |
| Autonomous | self-governing |
| Buoyant | able to float; cheerful and optimistic |
| Captivate | charm; fascinate |
| Caricature | distortion; burlesque |
| Charlatan | quack; pretender to knowledge |
| Chronicle | report; record (in chronological order) |
| Consistency | harmony of parts; dependability; uniformity; degree of thickness |
| Console | lessen sadness or disappointment; give comfort |
| Convention | social or moral custom; established practice |
| Cynical | skeptical or distrustful of human motives |
| Defamation | harming a person's reputation |
| Deplore | regret strongly; express grief over |
| Derivative | unoriginal; derived from another source |
| Eclipse | darken; extinguish; surpass |
| Embellish | Adorn |
| Erratic | odd; unpredictable |
| Esteem | respect; value |
| Exemplary | serving as a model; outstanding |
| Facilitate | help bring about; make less difficult |
| Fallacious | false; misleading |
| Hamper | obstruct |
| Inconsistency | state of being self-contradictory; lack of uniformity or steadiness |
| Infallible | unerring; faultless |
| Intricacy | complexity; knottiness |
| Irony | hidden sarcasm or satire; use of words that seem to mean the opposite of what they actually mean |
| Mutability | ability to change in form; fickleness |
| Perjury | false testimony while under oath |
| Phenomena | observable facts or events |
| Predator | creature that seizes and devours another animal; person who robs or exploits others |
| Proliferation | rapid growth; spread; multiplication |
| Prologue | introduction (to a poem or a play) |
| Prosperity | good fortune; financial success; physical well-being |
| Provocative | arousing anger or interest; annoying |
| Refute | disprove |
| Renown | fame |
| Singular | unique; extraordinary; odd |
| Suspend | defer or postpone; expel or eject; halt or discontinue; hang from above |
| Tedious | boring; tiring |
| Temperament | characteristic frame of mind; disposition; emotional excess |
| Turbulence | state of violent agitation |
| Utopia | ideal place, state, or society |
| Wary | very cautious |
| Withhold | hold back; desist from giving; keep possession of |
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