PSAT Lesson 19

Question 1

adjunct

Answer 1

something joined or added to a thing but not necessarily a part of it

Question 2

anomalous

Answer 2

out of place, abnormal

Question 3

belligerent

Answer 3

waging war; inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness

Question 4

censure

Answer 4

to blame or to condemn

Question 5

complieance

Answer 5

a yielding; acquiescence

Question 6

defile

Answer 6

to make dirt, to desecrate, to pollute

Question 7

diligent

Answer 7

characterized by steady, attentive and energetic effort in a pursuit or study

Question 8

expedient

Answer 8

appropriate for a purpose but not necessarily moral, right, or just

Question 9

flout

Answer 9

to treat with contempt

Question 10

galling

Answer 10

very irritating

Question 11

heralded

Answer 11

announced or publicized

Question 12

incantation

Answer 12

a spell, written or recited formula of words designed for a particular effect

Question 13

indigenous

Answer 13

native to a certain area

Question 14

luscious

Answer 14

very pleasant to the taste

Question 15

nomadic

Answer 15

characterized by moving about from place to place as nomads

Question 16

parry

Answer 16

to deflect or to ward off a blow

Question 17

precipitate

Answer 17

to cause to speedily occur, to throw headlong

Question 18

pungent

Answer 18

sharp or irritating to the taste or smell, acrid

Question 19

ratify

Answer 19

to give formal approval

Question 20

sagacious

Answer 20

wise, shrewd, very discerning

Question 21

slovenly

Answer 21

messy, untidy, careless

Question 22

spiteful

Answer 22

full of spite or malice; malicious; malevolent

Question 23

tangential

Answer 23

slightly connected, dibergent

Question 24

taper

Answer 24

to decrease in thickness or width

Question 25

vagrant

Answer 25

a wanderer who does not have a home