PSAT 2014 Vocabulary List

Mrs. Ambrose (United States of America)
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  1. gratified
    having received what was desired
  2. heed
    careful attention
  3. despondent
    without or almost without hope
  4. unscrupulous
    without principles
  5. trivialize
    make insignificant
  6. exasperated
    greatly annoyed; out of patience
  7. subsidence
    a gradual sinking to a lower level
  8. resurgence
    bringing again into activity and prominence
  9. periphery
    the outside boundary or surface of something
  10. duplicity
    a fraudulent representation
  11. altruism
    the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others
  12. discernment
    the ability to understand and discriminate between relations
  13. effusive
    uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm
  14. subservience
    abject or cringing submissiveness
  15. definitive
    clearly formulated
  16. uncorroborated
    unsupported by other evidence
  17. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  18. substantive
    having a firm basis in reality and therefore important
  19. intrinsic
    belonging to a thing by its very nature
  20. anecdotal
    based on stories rather than data or scientific observation
  21. precipitous
    extremely steep
  22. spurious
    plausible but false
  23. vitriolic
    harsh, bitter, or malicious in tone
  24. reminiscent
    serving to bring to mind
  25. prescient
    perceiving the significance of events before they occur
  26. presumptuous
    going beyond what is appropriate, permitted, or courteous
  27. dissident
    a person who objects to some established policy
  28. latitude
    freedom from normal restraints in conduct
  29. stalwart
    a person who is loyal to their allegiance
  30. unequivocal
    admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding
  31. obstruct
    block passage through
  32. hinder
    be an obstacle to
  33. maverick
    someone who exhibits independence in thought and action
  34. decry
    express strong disapproval of
  35. emulate
    strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
  36. reticence
    the trait of being uncommunicative
  37. exuberance
    joyful enthusiasm
  38. diffidence
    lack of self-assurance
  39. aloof
    distant, cold, or detached in manner
  40. archaic
    so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
Created on Wed Oct 08 11:56:39 EDT 2014 (updated Wed Oct 08 13:38:18 EDT 2014)

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