PSAT Lesson 30

Question 1

affront

Answer 1

an offensive act or word; an offense to one’s dignity or self-respect

Question 2

alcove

Answer 2

a partially enclosed extension of a room or part of a room

Question 3

vlanch

Answer 3

to take the color out of, to bleach, to make white

Question 4

champion

Answer 4

to defend or to support

Question 5

compress

Answer 5

to contract, to reduce in size or volume

Question 6

convivial

Answer 6

fond of goof company and of festivity

Question 7

dilation

Answer 7

expansion

Question 8

elagiac

Answer 8

mournful, expressing sorrow

Question 9

exculpate

Answer 9

to clear from blame or guilt

Question 10

fiasco

Answer 10

a total failure and a mess

Question 11

heedless

Answer 11

disregarding, throughtless

Question 12

incisive

Answer 12

very perceptive, clear and to the point

Question 13

instigation

Answer 13

urging, provocation; initiation

Question 14

interloper

Answer 14

one who interferes in the affairs or with the rights of others

Question 15

labyrinthine

Answer 15

like a maze, very convoluted and intricate

Question 16

molt

Answer 16

to shed an outer covering such as feathers or skin periodically

Question 17

pariah

Answer 17

an outcast

Question 18

philanderer

Answer 18

one who engages in love affairs lightly or insincerely

Question 19

predisposed

Answer 19

incline toward something in advance

Question 20

quench

Answer 20

to extinguish. to put out; to relive with liquid

Question 21

reprobate

Answer 21

to disapprove of; a person with not moral principles, a depraved individual

Question 22

salutary

Answer 22

promoting good health or beneficial effects

Question 23

tenacious

Answer 23

persistent, holding fast to a position

Question 24

tenuous

Answer 24

flimsy, barely attached

Question 25

unfrock

Answer 25

to deprive the right to be in a profession (usually applies to a priest)