PSAT Lesson 5

Question 1

acrimonious

Answer 1

caustic

Question 2

ameliorate

Answer 2

to make better, to relieve, to improve

Question 3

amenable

Answer 3

open to or willing to follow advice or suggestion, tractable, malleable

Question 4

amorphous

Answer 4

shapeless, having no definite form

Question 5

buoyant

Answer 5

capable of floating; cheerful

Question 6

cajole

Answer 6

to persuade with deliberate flattery, to coax, to wheedle

Question 7

calamity

Answer 7

a serious even causing distress or misfortune

Question 8

debase

Answer 8

to reduce in dignity or quality

Question 9

efface

Answer 9

to erase, to wear away

Question 10

elucidate

Answer 10

to make clear, to explain

Question 11

ephemeral

Answer 11

lasting a short period of time, fleeting

Question 12

ferocity

Answer 12

savagery

Question 13

flourish

Answer 13

to thrive, to grow well

Question 14

haughty

Answer 14

arrogant, excessively proud and vain

Question 15

impervious

Answer 15

incapable of being entered or penetrated, not capable of being damaged

Question 16

inane

Answer 16

lacking significance, meaning, or point; silly; insipid

Question 17

indolence

Answer 17

laziness

Question 18

infallible

Answer 18

incapable of error

Question 19

inscrutable

Answer 19

difficult to understand; mysterious

Question 20

languid

Answer 20

slow, sluggish, listless, weak

Question 21

malice

Answer 21

desire to harm others

Question 22

oblique

Answer 22

slanting, indirect, evasive, devious, misleading

Question 23

opulence

Answer 23

wealth, affluence, abundance

Question 24

penitent

Answer 24

showing or feeling regret for wrongdoing, repentant

Question 25

perfunctory

Answer 25

acting routinely with little interest or care