PSAT Lesson 21

Question 1

aggregate

Answer 1

sum total, whole amount

Question 2

archipelago

Answer 2

a group of islands

Question 3

boon

Answer 3

favorable; a blessing, a benefit

Question 4

buffoon

Answer 4

a clown, a silly or stupid person

Question 5

chicanery

Answer 5

unethical methods, trickery

Question 6

contaminant

Answer 6

something that causes impurity; something that defiles or pollutes

Question 7

corrugated

Answer 7

bent into folds

Question 8

deleterious

Answer 8

harmful; dangerous; injurious

Question 9

disputatious

Answer 9

inclined to fight, to argue, or to debate

Question 10

emend

Answer 10

to correct (usually by a critic)

Question 11

fetter

Answer 11

to restrict by shackling or chaining

Question 12

giddy

Answer 12

dizzy

Question 13

heterogeneity

Answer 13

state of being dissimilar, composition from unlike elements

Question 14

indomitable

Answer 14

incapable of being conquered

Question 15

irresolute

Answer 15

indecisive, unsure of how to proceed

Question 16

metaphorically

Answer 16

compared nonliterally

Question 17

panacea

Answer 17

cure-all, remedy for all ills

Question 18

peruse

Answer 18

to read or to examine

Question 19

prodigy

Answer 19

one with exceptional talents or powers; an extraordinary accomplishment

Question 20

rebuff

Answer 20

to snub or to refuse blindly

Question 21

resilient

Answer 21

ability to return to a former state

Question 22

scapegoat

Answer 22

one who takes the blame for others

Question 23

spurious

Answer 23

false or decietful

Question 24

tractable

Answer 24

capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled; obedient

Question 25

vivacious

Answer 25

full of life, very animated