psat 8
Terms
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- maelstorm
- whirlpool
- laity
- religous followers
- malady
- disease
- lactic
- pertaining to milk
- machination
- evil design
- junket
- a pleasure trip
- manifold
- many
- kleptomania
- a cumpulsion to steal
- manipulate
- to handle with skill; to influence a person
- lapidary
- a dealer in precious stones
- maverick
- a nonconformist
- lackadaisical
- uninterested
- mausoleum
- large tomb
- ken
- range of knowledge
- maudlin
- very sentimental
- lassitude
- weakness and weariness
- maul
- to injure
- kinetic
- pertaining to motion
- luminous
- bright
- lascivious
- lustful
- libel
- a false, written statement
- junta
- a small group ruling a country
- malediction
- curse
- laminated
- covered with thin sheets of plastic
- maritime
- pertaining to the ocean
- larcenery
- theft
- maladroit
- clumsy or unskillfull
- latent
- present but not visible
- leonine
- fierce
- lanky
- tall and slender
- malaise
- uneasiness
- lampoon
- sharp satire
- loll
- to lounge about or to droop
- languid
- sluggish
- lateral
- sideways
- lachrymose
- tearful
- loquacious
- very talkative
- knuckle
- to yield; to work vigorously
- marred
- damaged; ruined
- labyrinth
- complicated
- malefactor
- villian
- lacerate
- to tear roughly
- lethargic
- dull or sluggish; weak
- laconic
- concise
- licentious
- lawless or immoral
- lackluster
- lacking brilliance; dull
- malignant
- evil
- kismet
- destiny
- liberal
- generous
- lackey
- slavish follower
- lout
- an awkward, stupid person
- largess
- a generous gift
- masticate
- to chew
- knell
- the sound made by a bell rung slowly
- lucrative
- profitable
- juxtapose
- to place side by side
- matrix
- a place of origin
- kindle
- to excite or start
- lieu
- (in lieu of) in place of; instead of
- kindred
- relatives or shared feeling or views
- manifest
- obvious
- lambent
- radiant; to move lightly over a surface
- lenient
- permissive
- kaleidoscopic
- changing
- leviathan
- anything huge
- knave
- decietful person
- liege
- lord; master
- knead
- to work something into a mixture
- macroscopic
- visible to the naked eye
- knoll
- a small hill
- linguist
- skilled in languages
- laggard
- a slow person
- lionize
- to treat as important
- jurisprudence
- study of law
- ludicrous
- ridiculous
- lament
- to mourn
- legerdemain
- deception
- jut
- to stick out
- lucent
- shining
- mentor
- adviser or coach
- martinet
- a strict disciplinarian
- mitigate
- to make less severe
- liquidate
- to get rid of
- mollify
- to calm or appease
- lithe
- graceful
- monograph
- written about a single subject
- martial
- warlike
- monologue
- speech by one person
- literal
- word for word
- melancholy
- depressed
- loathe
- to hate or feel disgust for
- mordant
-
sarcastic
- manumit
- to set free
- monumental
- important
- lucid
- easy to understand
- morbid
- depressing
- limpid
- transparent
- moot
- debatable or having no significance
- magnanimous
- generous
- mores
- customs or traditions
- limber
- easily bent
- megalomania
- exaggeration of one's own greatness
- levity
- lack of seriousness; humor
- microcosm
- a little world
- matriarchy
- a society in which the mother is the head of the family
- murky
- unclear; gloomy
- lurid
- shocking
- muse
- to think deeply
- lurch
- sudden, forward movement
- muster
- to gather together
- lilliputian
- very small
- musty
- stale; moldy
- logistics
- the supply, movement, and maintenance of equipment
- mull
- (over) think about
- malleable
- adaptable
- metropolis
- large city
- malapropism
- word humurously misused
- medley
- a mixture
- malingerer
- one who pretends to be ill to avoid work
- monarchy
- one ruler
- libertine
- immoral person
- mimic
- to imitate
- mandarin
- influental person
- motif
- central idea
- lave
- to wash
- mock
- to ridicule or insult
- lurk
- to lie concealed or to stay hidden
- mercurial
- unpredictably
- lexicon
- dictionary or vocabulary of a special group
- minute
- unit of time or small and insignificant
- leeway
- room for action
- meditate
- to think deeply
- manacle
- handcuff
- motley
- assorted or different colors
- liaision
- a bond or connection
- mountebank
- a fraud
- mawkish
- overly sentimental
- metamorphisis
- a transformation
- malicious
- spiteful
- moratorium
- delay
- latitude
- freedom
- melliflous
- sweet sounding
- magnate
- important person
- mesmirize
- hypnotize
- litigation
- lawsuit
- monotonous
- boring; without variety
- masochist
- one who enjoys his own pain
- monolithic
- unified or solid
- libation
- a drink
- mercenary
- acts only for money
- lissome
- moving gracefully
- mercantile
- pertaining to merchants
- lupine
- fierce
- mediate
- to settle a dispute
- mandate
- an order
- muddle
- to confuse
- livid
- discolored from anger or embarrassment
- missive
- letter
- levy
- to impose taxes
- mirth
- joy or laughter
- lineaments
- facial features
- meager
- inadequate; of poor quality
- lesion
- a wound
- momentous
- very important
- laureate
- worthy of honor
- misapprehension
- a misunderstanding
- laudable
- praiseworthy
- monotheism
- belief in one god
- loath
- unwilling
- morose
- gloomy
- lugubrious
- mournful
- mulct
- a fine or to defraud
- lineage
- ancestry
- miscreant
- a vicious person
- lax
- negligent; careless
- misdemeanor
- a less serious crime
- locus
- place
- mendacious
- lying
- macabre
- gruesome
- menial
- degrading
- malign
- to speak badly about
- melee
- noisy fight
- malevolent
- harmful
- melodramatic
- overly emotional
- listless
- indifferent
- millennium
- a thousand years
- malfeasance
- wrongdoing
- multifarious
- having many parts
- loiter
- to hang around
- miasma
- pollution
- lot
- fate
- mundane
- worldly
- lowly
- humble or ordinary
- monastic
- self-denying
- maim
- to cripple
- maxim
- a proverb or saying
- marquee
- a canopy over an entrance
- modicum
- a small amount
- maraud
- to raid
- mete
- to distribute
- mute
- silent
- misgiving
- doubt; suspicion
- muzzle
- to restrain
- modish
- stylish
- meretricious
- gaudy or showy
- misanthrope
- hater of mankind
- mendicant
- a beggar
- mire
- swampy ground; to sink down
- mean
- nasty or offensive; inferior or low; an average
- merger
- a growing together
- meticulous
- extremely careful
- monitor
- one who watches
- meteoric
- swift rise
- mogul
- a powerful person
- munificient
- generous
- mortify
- to embarass or humiliate
- molt
- to shed
- menagerie
- collection of animals
- miscegenation
- mixture of races
- miser
- one who hoards (money) excessively
- mischance
- unlucky accident; bad luck
- mnemonic
- pertaining to memory
- misogamy
- hatred of marriage
- moribund
- dying
- menace
- a threat
- modulate
- to tone down
- meander
- to wander aimlessly
- misconstrue
- misinterpret
- mottled
- spotted
- metaphor
- comparison
- militant
- ready and willing to fight
- metaphysics
- beyond what is natural
- mettle
- courage
- milieu
- enviroment; setting
- mien
- manner
- menage
- household
- mortal
- destined to die
- minion
- a devoted follower
- misnomer
- an error in name
- misogynist
- women-hater