PSAT Lesson 29

Question 1

adherent

Answer 1

a follower of something such as a leader, party, philosophy, or profession

Question 2

advent

Answer 2

a coming or arrival

Question 3

cache

Answer 3

a hole or hiding place used to store supplies

Question 4

celestial

Answer 4

pertaining to the sky or heavens

Question 5

certitudes

Answer 5

things that are inevitable or certain, certainties

Question 6

chide

Answer 6

to voice disapproval, to scold

Question 7

converge

Answer 7

to move together

Question 8

dictum

Answer 8

an authoritative statement, decree

Question 9

effusion

Answer 9

a pouring forth (usually overdone in writing or speech)

Question 10

exacting

Answer 10

demanding, requiring great care

Question 11

excise

Answer 11

to remove by cutting

Question 12

fetid

Answer 12

having an offensive smell, malodorous

Question 13

harbor

Answer 13

to give shelter or refuge

Question 14

impermeable

Answer 14

not able to be penetrated, unable to be passed through

Question 15

incipient

Answer 15

beginning to come into being, the early stage of something

Question 16

insolvent

Answer 16

without money, broke

Question 17

jettison

Answer 17

to discard or to cast off, many times relates to spacecraft

Question 18

obtrude

Answer 18

to thrust out, to thrust forward

Question 19

quandary

Answer 19

dilemma

Question 20

repentant

Answer 20

penitent; characterized by showing repentance of contrition for a past sin

Question 21

salubrious

Answer 21

healthful; favorable to one’s well-being

Question 22

squander

Answer 22

to waste

Question 23

tenet

Answer 23

a doctrine or principle held as being true

Question 24

validate

Answer 24

to give official sanction

Question 25

vista

Answer 25

a distant view seen through an opening