PSAT Vocab 40-60 Flashcards
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Appropriate
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To allocate or set aside for a specific purpose
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Approbation
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Approval, commendation
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Ardent
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Impassioned, fiery
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Artful
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Skillful and cunning
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Ascetic
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Austere, self denying
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Askew
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Crooked, off balance, awry
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Assuage
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To calm, sooth, or pacify
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Audacity
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Boldness, daring
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Austere
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Severely simple, strictly plain
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Autonomous
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Independent, self governing
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Avarice
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Greed, lust for wealth
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Axiom
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A self evident or universal truth
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Banal
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Trite, plain, commonplace
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Bastion
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Fortress, stronghold
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Belabor
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To attack verbally, or overemphasize
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Bellicose
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Quarrelsome, war-like
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Bereaved
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Deprived, usually by the loss of a loved one
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Bibliophile
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A book collector, one who loves books
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Bilk
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To scam, cheat, or avoid payment
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Blight
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A destroying, or sickening force, typically a sickness or a plague
