PSAT Lesson 20

Question 1

affluent

Answer 1

abounding in wealth; prosperous; flowing freely

Question 2

antiquity

Answer 2

the quality of being ancient; ancient times

Question 3

blandishment

Answer 3

flattery

Question 4

chasten

Answer 4

to discipline, to use punishment to correct behavior

Question 5

civility

Answer 5

polite and courteous behavior

Question 6

congenial

Answer 6

characterized by friendly sociability

Question 7

deft

Answer 7

skillful, adroit

Question 8

dispatch

Answer 8

to send away with promptness or speed; speed; quickness

Question 9

embroil

Answer 9

to entangle, to throw into confusion or strife

Question 10

expurgate

Answer 10

to remove obscene or objectionable material usually before publication

Question 11

garner

Answer 11

to gather together, to store up

Question 12

heretical

Answer 12

contrary to church doctrine or accepted beliefs or standards

Question 13

iconoclast

Answer 13

one who attacks established beliefs or institutions

Question 14

irreproachable

Answer 14

faultless, not discreditable

Question 15

mercurial

Answer 15

changing unpredictable, fickle

Question 16

nuance

Answer 16

a subtle distinction or difference

Question 17

partisan

Answer 17

one who exhibits extreme or possibly blind allegiance to a group or cause

Question 18

pious

Answer 18

marked by showing zealous devotion to the rites of religion

Question 19

raucous

Answer 19

loud and boisterous, harsh, disorderly

Question 20

repugnant

Answer 20

disgusting, offensive

Question 21

satiric

Answer 21

characterized by satire (a branch of literature ridiculing vice or folly)

Question 22

sporadic

Answer 22

occasionally occuring

Question 23

succulent

Answer 23

very juicy

Question 24

terrestrial

Answer 24

of the earth or pertaining to the earth

Question 25

ungainly

Answer 25

awkward