PSAT Vocab - 5th Six Weeks Flashcards
(33 cards)
1
Q
Emulate
A
imitate
2
Q
Amity
A
friendship
3
Q
Assuage
A
mitigate
4
Q
Fortuitous
A
lucky chance
5
Q
Innocuous
A
harmless in other ways
6
Q
Benign
A
harmless (used medically)
7
Q
Compliant
A
inclined to agree
8
Q
Zeal
A
passion; zeal
9
Q
Stringent
A
strict; precise
10
Q
Willful
A
stubborn
11
Q
Trepidation
A
fear; apprehension
12
Q
Desecrate
A
be disrespectful to a place
13
Q
Vehement
A
passionately
14
Q
Furtive
A
secretive
15
Q
Paucity
A
scarcity; a lack of
16
Q
Fickle
A
changeable; not constant
17
Q
Voluminous
A
occupying or containing much space
18
Q
Auspicious
A
favorable
19
Q
Amass
A
gather together (large # of valuable things) over a period of time
20
Q
Bastion
A
stronghold
21
Q
Prodigious
A
remarkably great in extent, size or degree
22
Q
Verbose
A
expressed in more words than needed
23
Q
Fanatic
A
person filled with single minded zeal
24
Q
Enhance
A
further improve quality
25
Innumerable
too many to be counted
26
Hackneyed
unoriginal; cliche
27
Lethargic
tired
28
Torpid
mentally/physically inactive
29
Supercilious
arrogantly superior
30
Pedestrian
dull
31
Retract
Draw or to be drawn back or back in
32
Rescind
revoke, cancel or repeal
33
Meander
follow a winding course
