Princeton PSAT 2005
Terms
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- arbogate
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v.
to abolish, repeal, or nullify. - abstruse
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adj.
difficult to understand - abysmal
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adj.
extremely hopeless or wretched; bottomless - accolade
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n.
an award or honor - acerbic
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adj.
bitter, sour, severe - acumen
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n.
keenness of judgment; mental sharpness - affable
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adj.
easy to talk to; friendly - afford
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v.
to permit or allow; to enable - aggregate
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n., adj.
collection of things mixed together; the sum total - allocate
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v.
to distribute, assign, or allot - aloof
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adj.
standoffish, uninvolved, keeping one's distance - ameliorate
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v.
to make better or more tolerable - anachronistic
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adj.
out of place in time or history - anathema
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n.
something or someone loathed or detested - ancillary
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adj.
subordinate; providing assistance - annul
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v.
to make void, usually refers to marriage - anomaly
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n.
an abberation, deviation, or irregularity - anthropology
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n.
the study of human cultures - antithetical
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adj.
in opposition, contrary to - apostate
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n.
one who deserts his or her professed principles or faith - apotheosis
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n.
elevation to divine status; the perfect example of something - appropriate
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v.
to take without permission; to set aside for a particular use - archtype
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n.
an original model or pattern - ardent
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adj.
passionate - arsenal
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n.
a storehouse of weapons - ascertain
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v.
to determine with certainty; to find out definitely - ascetic
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adj.
hermit-like; practicing self-denial - assiduous
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adj.
hardworking, diligent, busy - assuage
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v.
to soothe, pacify, or relieve - attrition
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n.
gradual wearing away; a natural or expected decrease in size or number - augury
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n.
an omen, especially a good omen - auspices
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n.
protection, support; sponsorship - avarice
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n.
greed - avuncular
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adj.
kind, helpful, generous; like a nice uncle - barometer
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n.
an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure - beguile
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v.
to delude by guile or craft; to mislead, divert - behest
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n.
a command or order - beleaguer
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v.
to surround, besiege, or harass - belie
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v.
to give a false impression; to contradict - bellicose
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adj.
warlike, belligerent - bequest
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n.
something left to someone in a will - blithe
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adj.
carefree, cheerful - broach
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v.
to open up a subject, often a delicate one, for discussion - brusque
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adj.
rough and short in manner, blunt, abrupt - burgeon
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v.
to expand; to flourish - buttress
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n., v.
a support for a building or structure; to support - cabal
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n.
a group of conspirators; the acts of such a group; a clique - cajole
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v.
to persuade with flattery or gentle urging - calipers
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n.
a pinching instrument used for determining the thickness of objeccts or the distance between surfaces - candor
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n.
sincerity, honesty - canon
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n.
a rule or law; especially a religious one; a body of rules or laws; an authoritative list; the set of works by an author that are accepted as authentic - cantankerous
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adj.
ill-natured, contentious - canvass
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v.
to campaign; to seek or solicit orders, votes, etc. - capacitor
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n.
a device that stores energy - capitulate
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v.
to surrender, give up, or give in - capricious
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adj.
unpredictible, likely to change at any moment - captious
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adj.
ill-natured, quarrelsome - carp
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v.
to complain or find fault with someone - cartography
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n.
the study and creation of maps - castigate
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v.
to criticize severely; to chastise - catalyst
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n.
anyone or anything that makes something happen without being directly involved - catharsis
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n.
purification that brings emotional relief or renewal - cavil
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v.
to quibble; to raise trivial objections - censure
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v.
to condemn severely for doing something bad - chagrin
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n.
humiliation; embarrassed disappointment - chicanery
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n.
trickery, deceitfulness, artifice (especially legal or political) - chimerical
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adj.
imaginary, given to fantasy - choleric
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adj.
hot-tempered, quick to anger - circumvent
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v.
to go around - closefisted
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adj.
stingy - coalesce
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v.
to come together as one, to fuse, to unite - cogitate
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v.
to ponder; to meditate; to think carefully about - colloquial
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adj.
ordinary, informal in relationship to speech - conscript
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v.
enlisted, drafted, or enrolled; usually refers to mandatory military service - corroborate
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v.
to confirm; to back up with evidence - coterie
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n.
a group of close associates; a circle of friends - coy
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adj.
shy, reluctant to make a commitment - craven
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adj.
cowardly, afraid - curmudgeon
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n.
a greedy, irascible, crotchety old person - dearth
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n.
a shortage or scarcity of something - debacle
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n.
a big disaster - deft
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adj.
very skillful - dehydrate
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v.
to remove water - deleterious
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adj.
harmful - demagogue
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n.
a leader of the people, but more a rabble-rouser - demography
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n.
the statistical study of the characteristics of populations