PSAT Lesson 10

Question 1

abstracted

Answer 1

removed in though from the immediate situation, lost in one’s own mind

Question 2

adulation

Answer 2

extreme praise or admiration

Question 3

adversity

Answer 3

misfortune, unfavorable happening

Question 4

burgeon

Answer 4

to sprout, to newly emerge

Question 5

chimera

Answer 5

a fantasy; a horrible creature of the imagination

Question 6

culpable

Answer 6

deserving blame; guilty

Question 7

decadent

Answer 7

decaying

Question 8

entreaty

Answer 8

a plea, an earnest request

Question 9

fatuous

Answer 9

foolish, silly in an obnoxious way, inane

Question 10

humane

Answer 10

kind, compassionate, sympathetic, and considerate

Question 11

indulgent

Answer 11

lenient, especially toward oneself

Question 12

ineptness

Answer 12

lack of competence or judgement

Question 13

ingrate

Answer 13

an ungrateful person

Question 14

inundate

Answer 14

to flood, to overflow

Question 15

miser

Answer 15

one who lives in wretched circumstances to save and hoard money

Question 16

nefarious

Answer 16

extremely wicked, evil, vicious

Question 17

prattle

Answer 17

meaningless sounds, babble

Question 18

predilection

Answer 18

preference

Question 19

procrastinate

Answer 19

to defer action; to delay

Question 20

stoic

Answer 20

a stoical person; not showing passion or feeling, indifference, impassive

Question 21

suffrage

Answer 21

right to vote

Question 22

summon

Answer 22

to call together, to send for or to request to appear

Question 23

transparent

Answer 23

quality of being able to be seen through, clear

Question 24

turbulence

Answer 24

wild or disturbing activity

Question 25

viable

Answer 25

capable of working, functioning, or developing adequately