PSAT vocab 1
first week of vocab for psat
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- Candid
- completely honest, straightforward
- Relinquish
- to retire from; give up or abandon
- Enigma
- a puzzle, mystery, or riddle
- Incoherent
- lacking cohesion or connection
- Inscrutable
- difficult to fathom or understand; impenetrable
- Assimilate
- to absorb or become absorbed; to make or become similar
- Idiosyncrasy
- characteristic peculiar to an individual or group
- Censure
- to issue official blame
- Orthodox
- adhering to the traditional and established, especially in religion
- Rudimentary
- basic; elementary, in the earliest stages of development
- Lucid
- easily understood; clear
- Pragmatic
- practical
- Reclusive
- seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation
- Husbandry
- the application of scientific principles to agriculture, especially to animal breeding
- Didactic
- instructive
- Entourage
- a group of attendants or associates; a retinue
- Autonomy
- independence; self-determination
- Disseminate
- to scatter widely, as in sowing seed
- Circumspect
- careful; prudent; discreet
- Extrapolate
- to infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information
- Reticent
- inclined to keep silent; reserved
- Arcane
- known or understood by only a few
- Abstruse
- difficult to understand
- Acumen
- quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight
- Esoteric
- intended for or understood by only a small group
- Precocious
- exhibiting unusually early intellectual aptitude or maturity
- Ascertain
- to find out, as through investigation or experimentation
- Cosmopolitan
- worldly; widely sophisticated
- Castigate
- to scold, rebuke, or harshly criticize
- Circumscribe
- to draw a circle around; to restrict
- Rhetoric
- the art of using language effectively and persuasively
- Euphemism
- a mild, indirect, or vague term substituting for a harsh, blunt, or offensive term
- Astute
- shrewd; clever
- Vituperative
- marked by harshly abusive condemnation
- Callous
- emotionally hardened; unfeeling
- Staid
- unemotional; serious
- Derivative
- something that comes from another source
- Pedantic
- excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules
- Gaffe
- a clumsy social error; a faux pas
- Denounce
- to condemn openly
- Prospectus
- formal proposal
- Potentate
- one who has the power and position to rule over others; monarch
- Convoluted
- intricate; complex
- Adroit
- dexterous; deft
- Conjecture
- inference; guesswork
- Insinuate
- to introduce or communicate stealthily
- Perspicacious
- shrewd; clear-sighted
- Erudition
- deep, extensive learning
- Renounce
- to give up (a title, for example), especially by formal announcement
- Insular
- isolated; narrow or provincial
- Contiguous
- sharing an edge or boundary; touching