PSAT Vocab 33-49
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- decrepit (adj)
- worn out from old age or use
- demographics (n)
- the study of statistics relating to human populations
- annex (v)
- to attach; to acquire land to expand an existing country
- amass (v)
- to accumulate; to gather together
- propagate (v)
- to cause to multiply; to publicize; to travel through a medium
- hermit (n)
- one who prefers to live alone
- postscript (n)
- a message added after the completion of a letter
- despondent (adj)
- lacking hope
- affront (n)
- an insult
- ostracize (v)
- to exclude from a group
- insolence (adj)
- brash disrespect
- impudent (adj)
- rudely bold
- culpable (adj)
- deserving blame
- barren (adj)
- infertile
- eulogy (n)
- an honorific speech at a funeral
- disseminate (V)
- to spread information
- fecund (adj)
- fertile; fruitful
- nautical (adj)
- pertaining to sailing
- meticulous (adj)
- extremely attentive to detail
- augur (v)
- to predict the future
- reproach (v)
- to blame; to express disapproval
- ethics (n)
- the study of and philosophy of moral choice
- isolate (v)
- to place something apart from everything else
- diligence (n)
- hard work and dedication
- censure (v)
- to express strong disapporval
- omen (n)
- a sign of something to come
- indefatigable (adj)
- untiring
- insurgent (n)
- rebel
- genealogy (n)
- the study of ancestry
- painstaking (adj)
- meticulous; paying great attention to detail
- boorish (adj)
- crude, barbaric
- reprove (v)
- to scold
- reprehensible (adj)
- worthy of blame or censure
- antiquated (adj)
- obsolete; outdated
- orthodoxy (n)
- strict adherence to tradition
- arid (adj)
- extremely dry
- anguish (n)
- extreme suffering
- doleful (adj)
- filled with grief
- paucity (adj)
- lack, scarity
- proliferate (v)
- to grow rapidly; to produce offspring at a rapid pace
- theology (n)
- the study of religion
- fallow (adj)
- unused; plowed but not cultivated
- archaic (adj)
- ancient
- lunar (adj)
- relating to the moon
- solitude (n)
- isolation; the quality of being alone
- anthropology (n)
- the study of human cultures
- conform (v)
- to do what one is expected to do
- scanty (adj)
- meager; barely enough
- surfeit (n)
- an excessive amount
- heresy (n)
- opinion or action that violates traditional belief
- iconoclast (n)
- one who challenges tradition
- addendum (n)
- something added; a supplement to a book
- anemic (n)
- feeble; characterized by oxygen deficiency in the blood
- recluse (n)
- one who likes to live alone
- portend (v)
- to give advanced warning
- premonition (n)
- a forewarning
- haughty (adj)
- overly proud
- convention (n)
- a practice that comports with the norms of a society
- adjunct (adj)
- added in a subordinate capacity
- inundate (v)
- to flood
- harbinger (n)
- a precursor
- augment (v)
- to add onto; to make greater
- relic (n)
- an object from an ancient time
- astral (adj)
- relating to the stars
- diverge (v)
- to go apart
- exile (n)
- a banishment
- epilogue (n)
- an extra chapter added onto the end of a novel
- cosmic (adj)
- relating to the universe
- rebuke (v)
- to scold (2)
- scrupulous (adj)
- careful, ethical
- prophecy (n)
- a prediction of the future
- malady (n)
- a disease
- distend (v)
- to swell; to increase in size
- indict (v)
- to accuse of an offense
- assiduous (adj)
- hard working
- perpetuate (v)
- to keep from dying out
- copious (adj)
- abundant
- append (v)
- to affix something; to add on
- prescient (adj)
- having knowledge of future events
- etymology (n)
- the study of the origin of words
- irreverence (n)
- disrespect
- insubordination (n)
- rebellion against authority
- dirge (n)
- a funeral song
- antediluvian (adj)
- very old
- replete (adj)
- completely filled