PSAT Vocabulary Review One

A quiz covering SAT vocabulary from the "Essential SAT Vocabulary Flashcards" (Princeton Review 2017). #english #psat #sat #vocabulary

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1
hard to understand
abstruse
accessible
adroit
cohesive
2
learned or scholarly
obstinate
erudite
tractable
burgeon
3
natural character or personality
impetuous
temperament
distinction
squander
4
moving apart from a common point
divergent
tenacious
cosmopolitan
apathetic
5
easily deceived or cheated
entrenched
provincial
complacent
gullible
6
having or showing respect
reverent
adroit
burgeon
vociferous
7
the quality of being able to be molded or shaped
plasticity
elation
culpable
tenacious
8
pertaining to the brain or intellect
austere
ardent
cerebral
schematic
9
not meant seriously or literally
plausible
provincial
facetious
gregarious
10
acting in opposition to another
estrangement
antagonistic
evasive
flamboyant
11
having or showing little emotion
apathetic
elicit
culpable
polarize
12
persistently or carefully maintained
sedulous
cynical
reciprocity
speculative
13
having keen practical sense
wistful
deprecate
elation
sagacious
14
more than is sufficient or required
spurious
superfluous
empirical
empirical
15
lasting a short time
solicitous
adroit
contemporary
ephemeral
16
open to several meanings or interpretation
ambivalent
apprehensive
amiable
ambiguous
17
to increase in severity
exacerbate
disconsolate
eminent
dilemma
18
to beautify or enhance
disconsolate
embody
demure
embellish
19
emotionally purging
didactic
caustic
cathartic
somber
20
to make milder or less severe
banal
cite
assuage
affable
21
extraordinary in size, amount, or degree
loquacious
prodigious
somber
culpable
22
a principle held as true by a group or movement
tenet
subsidy
embody
conjecture
23
making a false show of religious devotion
serene
revival
sanctimonious
condescending
24
having a kind disposition
abase
adept
benign
coerce
25
harmful or injurious
speculative
complacent
deleterious
morbid

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