PSAT #1 2013- Group 3 Flashcards
Rarefied
After studying daily for her SAT test, her scores became rarefied to what they were previously.
adj
extremely high or elevated, lofty; of or belonging to an exclusive group, select
F: ultrararefied (adj)
unrarefied (adj)
Stagnate
After being diagnosed with lung cancer, the athlete’s dream of becoming an olympic runner was stagnated.
v
to stop growing, advancing, or progressing; to be or become slugglish or dull
F: stagnation (n)
stagnatory (adj)
immaterial
Despite the athlete’s poor performance in the sporting event, it was immaterial as all her teammates had stellar performances.
adj unimportant or irrelevant F: immaterially (adv) immaterialness (n) (im-=before)
Scintillating
The broadway show, supposed to appeal to young children, had many different characters scintillatingly dancing across the stage.
adj
animated, lively, bubbling, witty
F:scintillatingly (adv)
scintillant (adj)
anachronism
To honor Steve Jobs with the invention of the cotton gin is an anachronism.
n
someone or something that is not in its correct historical or chronological time or the exact error in chronology
F: anachronically (adv)
(ana-=up, against, or back; chrono-= time
equivocate
When the magical elf was asked if he knew the secret to see the queen, he only equivocated.
v using deliberately ambiguous expressions to mislead F:equivocation (n) equivocator (n) equivocatingly (adv) S:evade, stall, dodge
decry
After the candidate lost the presidential election, he decried the winner attempting to change the public opinion.
v
to speak disparagingly of (belittling, depreciating), denounce as faulty or worthless
F: decrier (n)
disarray
After learning the last unit of the course in a single class, the students left the room in disarray at the end of the block.
v to put out of array or order; undress n disorder, confusion (dis-=apart, away)
Prodigious
After discovering the cure to cancer, the lab received a prodigious grant to continue their extraordinary research.
adj
extraordinary in size, amount, extent, or degree; wonderful or marvelous
F: prodigiously (adv)
prodigiousness (n)
idiosyncrasy
Once the girl’s fidgeting with her knee started to annoy her family, they made her away of the idiosyncrasy they wished to terminate.
n
characteristic, mannerism, or habit that is peculiar to an individual
F:idiosyncratic (adj)
(idios-=own, personal, private
execrate
The Greenwich field hockey team execrated the Darien field hockey team after Greenwich was defeated 10-0 in their first game of the season.
v to utterly detest, abominate, abhor F: execrable (n) execrably (adv) execrableness (n) (ex-=out of, from)
temporal
Playing field hockey was only a temporal joy for the athlete with her experience ending when she tore her ACL.
adj
of or pertaining to time; relating to present time; temporary
F:temporally (adv)
temporalness (n)
chaste
The employee and her boss continued chaste conversations although co-workers suspected they were in a relationship.
adj
refraining from sexual intercourse; free from obsenities
(caste-=clean, pure)
licentious
A teenager’s parent’s desire is to keep any licentious individuals out of contact with their children.
adj
sexually unrestrained; lascivious
F: licentiousness (n)
licentiously (adve
imperious
The citizens execrated the imperious leader who exercised dictatorial rule over the citizens.
adj
ruling despotically, dictatorial, overbearing; urgent
F: imperiously (adv)
imperiousness (n)
caustic
Although she scored poorly on her midterm exam, he was hurt by his mother’s caustic comments.
adj
capable of destroying, burning, or corroding human tissue; severely critical or sarcastic
F: caustically or casticaly (adv)
causticity or causticness (n)
indignation
Despite the girl’s enthusiastic attempt to hide her true feelings, her indignation with the new school rules was unignorable.
n strong displeasure with something considered unjust, offensive, or insulting F: indignant (adj) indignantly (adv) (dignus-=worthy, -ion= noun)
hamper
The fence surrounding the field hampered the dogs and little children from escaping.
v to hold back, hinder, or impede F: hamperdly (adv) hamperedness (n) S: obstruct, encumber, trammel
obfuscate
The extra information given to the students regarding their math project obfuscated their understanding.
v
to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy; to make unclear or obscure
F: obfuscation (n)
obfuscatory (adj)
S: muddle, perplex
(ob-= to, towards, over, against; obfuscare= to darken)
edify
One should always seek to edify their peers through teaching them lessons learned through mistakes made.
v
to instruct or improve someone mentally or intellectually
F: edifier (n)
edifying (adj)
edifyingly (adv)
(edificare= to construct, facare=to make)
narcissism
His narcissistic nature made it difficult for him to find a life partner whom he fully appreciated.
n excessive self-love, vanity F: narcissist or narcist (n) narcissistic or narcistic (adj) S:egocentricism
itinerant
The circus was a itinerant group which traveled every few days to a new location to put on a magnificent show.
adj
traveling from place to place, especially on a circuit
n
a person who alternates between working and wandering
F: itinerantly (adv)
(iter-=canal or passage)
pundit
The pundit was fast to ofter her critic even though those individuals being judged were already confident in their technique.
n
a learned person, expert, or authority; critic or commentator
F: punditic (adj)
pundically (adv)
terse
The teachers terse description of the project left her students flummoxed with the details.
adj
neatly or effectively concise in language
S: succinct, concise
(tergere= clean, polish)
slovenly
The teenage girls slovenly emptied her suitcase from vacation all over her bedroom floor.
adj untidy or unclean in appearance adv in an untidy or careless manner F: slovenliness (n) Related: sloven (n) someone who is negligent of cleanliness S: slatternly
