MASTER 120 KEY PSAT VOCABULARY WORDS!
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120 vocabulary words with definitions
abase
to belittle or degrade
abstruse
difficult to understand
acumen
shrewd
adroit
deft
amalgam
a mixture
arcane
known or understood by few
ascertain
discover through investigation
assimilate
to absorb or become absorbed
astute
shrewd
autonomy
independence
bombastic
prone to pompous speech
cajole
to urge with repeated coaxing
callous
insensitive; indifferent; unsympathetic
candid
straightforward
castigate
to harshly criticize
censure
to issue official blame
chicanery
trickery
circumscribe
draw a circle around, restrict
circumspect
careful
conciliatory
appeasing; soothing
conjecture
inference
contiguous
touching; in contact
convoluted
complex
cosmopolitan
worldly
credible
believable
defunct
no longer existing or functioning
denounce
to condemn openly
deride
to belittle or degrade
derivative
coming from another source
derogatory
insulting
didactic
extensively concerned with book learning
disparage
belittle
disseminate
to scatter widely
ebullience
unrestrained enthusiasm
effrontery
brazen boldness
embellish
elaborately decorated
eminent
prominent
empathetic
identifying with another's situation
enigma
difficult to understand
entourage
group of attendants
eradicate
to squash
erudition
extensive learning
esoteric
intended to be understood by a small group
euphemism
mild term substituted for harsh one
exonerate
to free from blame
exorbitant
unreasonably high
extirpate
to squash
extol
to praise highly
extrapolate
to infer
exuberant
intense enthusiasm
flagrant
extremely noticeable
gaffe
clumsy social error
gratuitous
unnecessary
husbandry
application of scientific principles to agriculture or animal breeding
idiosyncrasy
characteristic peculiar to an individual
ignominy
humiliation
impugn
to attack as false
incoherent
lacking cohesion
incontrovertible
something indisputably true
indict
officially charge with wrongdoing
inscrutable
difficult to understand
insinuate
to introduce stealthily
insular
adhering to the traditional
laudatory
full of praise
lavish
extravagant
litigious
prone to engage in lawsuits
lucid
straightforward
lugubrious
extremely dismal
magnanimous
seeking to promote the welfare of others
mar
to damage
multiplicity
a great number
obsequious
a servile flatterer
opulent
displaying great wealth
ornate
elaborately decorated
orthodox
adhering to the traditional
parity
equality, as in amount, status, or character.
partisan
biased in favor of a party, group, or cause
pedantic
overly concerned with minute details especially in teaching
pejorative
very negative; disparaging
penchant
strong inclination
perspicacious
shrewd
philanthropic
seeking to promote the welfare of others
potentate
monarch
pragmatic
practical
precocious
unusually early intellectual aptitude and maturity
prospectus
formal proposal
quell
to suppress
raze
to demolish
reciprocate
to mutually take or give
reclusive
preferring isolation
rectitude
moral uprightness
redundant
needlessly repetitive
relinquish
to retire from; abandon
remiss
negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty
renounce
to give up (i.e., a title) by formal announcement
repudiate
reject the validity of
reticent
disposed to be silent or not to speak freely
rhetoric
art of using language effectively
rudimentary
basic or elementary
sanctimonious
feigning piety or righteousness
scrupulous
concerned
solicitous
concerned
sophistry
plausible but misleading beliefs
squelch
to squash
staid
of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious
stymie
to squash
substantiate
to establish by proof or competent evidence
supplant
to squash
sycophant
a servile flatterer
ubiquitous
being present everywhere at once
veracity
truthfulness
vex
annoy
vicarious
experienced secondhand
vignette
short scene or story
vindicate
to free from blame
vindictive
spiteful
vituperative
to harshly criticize
abate
to lessen in intensity or amount
alleviate
to make less severe or easier to bear
ambivalent
having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas
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