PSAT Lesson 9

Question 1

ambiguous

Answer 1

having more than one meaning; unclear, uncertain

Question 2

amiable

Answer 2

friendly, sociable, and congenial; civil and urbane

Question 3

crass

Answer 3

coarse, crude, and unrefined

Question 4

discursive

Answer 4

rambling, moving from one topic to another randomly

Question 5

docile

Answer 5

easily managed, obedient, passive

Question 6

estrange

Answer 6

to alienate, to seperate

Question 7

exonerate

Answer 7

to free from blame, obligation, or responsibility; to excpulate

Question 8

gratuitous

Answer 8

given freely, unwarranted

Question 9

hypothesize

Answer 9

to reach a conclusion based on an assumption or something not proven

Question 10

indignation

Answer 10

anger as a result of something unjust

Question 11

induce

Answer 11

to bring on or to bring about

Question 12

intractable

Answer 12

stubborn, difficult to manage

Question 13

introspective

Answer 13

the quality of examining one’s own mind or thoughts

Question 14

lucid

Answer 14

easily understood, mentally sound

Question 15

meticulous

Answer 15

taking great care

Question 16

misanthrope

Answer 16

a hater of mankind

Question 17

munificent

Answer 17

very generous

Question 18

plagarize

Answer 18

to steal and to use another’s writings as one’s own

Question 19

profuse

Answer 19

extravagantly abundant, flowing freely

Question 20

recluse

Answer 20

a person who lives in solitude, a hermit

Question 21

sated

Answer 21

satisfied fully, indulged to excess

Question 22

stupefy

Answer 22

to dull the senses as to put into a stupor

Question 23

terse

Answer 23

concise

Question 24

transient

Answer 24

quickly passing, fleeting

Question 25

virtuoso

Answer 25

one skilled in the fine arts as an accomplished musician, a savant