Psat vocabulary 9
Terms
undefined, object
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- perforce
- routine
- nascent
- coming into being
- patriarch
- a person regarded as a founder or father
- naive
- unsophisticated
- pert
- bold;lively
- myriad
- infinitely vast in number
- pedestrian
- ordinary;common;banal
- myrmidon
- an unquestioning follower
- peremptory
- decisive or final
- nadir
- lowest point
- penal
- pertaining to punishment
- narcissistic
- vain
- perquisite
- something additional to regular pay
- nabob
- a very wealthy or powerful person
- penchant
- a strong liking for
- myopic
- having narrow point of view
- perennial
- lasting for a long time;perpetual
- natation
- the act of swimming
- perceive
- to observe or understand
- pertinent
- to the point
- peevish
- hard to please
- personification
- giving human qualities to a nonhuman being or to abstract ideas
- pacify
- to calm down
- persevere
- to endure
- penury
- extreme poverty
- perspicuity
- sharp insight
- penitent
- expressing sorrow for a wrong doing
- periphery
- outside boundry;unimportant area of a subject
- patronize
- to be a customer or to talk down to
- perspicacity
- sharp insight
- perceptible
- recognizable
- perplex
- confuse
- pandemonium
- confusion
- perigee
- point nearest to the earth
- paltry
- worthless;small
- pernicious
- destructive
- opaque
- not transparent; not letting light pass through
- permeate
- to spread throughout
- patrician
- aristocrat
- peroration
- the concluding part of a speech
- parrot
- to repeat or imitate
- perfidious
- deceitful;unfaithful
- pathos
- deep feeling of pity
- peregrinate
- to travel;journey
- parsimonious
- stingy
- perpetrate
- to be guilty of
- parochial
- limited or related to church
- nomenclature
- a set of terms
- orifice
- opening
- nurture
- to nourish; to sustain
- parry
- to avoid something
- neophyte
- a beginner
- passive
- submissive
- nonentity
- person of little importance
- opprobrious
- shameful
- nuance
- small variation in meaning or color
- orthodox
- accepting traditional beliefs; conventional
- nirvana
- place of great happiness
- parched
- extremely thirsty
- oaf
- a dunce
- paean
- song of joy
- nub
- a small piece
- pelt
- skin of an animal
- nominal
- in name only; unimportant
- optimist
- one who sees the good side of things
- nimble
- quick
- pectoral
- pertaining to the chest
- neologism
- new use of a word
- opulent
- rich; luxurious
- nutriment
- nourishment
- pathogenic
- causing disease
- nocturnal
- pertaining to night
- oracular
- mysterious
- novel
- new; unusual
- paucity
- scarcity; lack of
- nostalgic
- longing for the past
- panacea
- an answer for all problems
- objective
- unbiased
- ovoid
- egg-shaped
- neutralize
- to make inneffective
- opiate
- narcotic; causing sleep
- negate
- to deny; to nullify
- ordain
- to order or establish
- obfuscate
- to confuse
- paleontology
- study of prehistoric life
- nemesis
- victorious rival
- passe
- out of date
- obstinate
- stubborn
- organic
- fundamental or essential
- nonage
- immaturity
- ostentatious
- showing off
- nether
- lower or under
- palatable
- pleasant to taste
- oblivious
- unmindful; unaware
- onslaught
- a furious attack
- obloquy
- bad reputaion resulating from public disgrace
- ornate
- showy
- nomadic
- wandering
- onus
- a burden
- occult
- secret or mysterious
- paraphernalia
- equipment
- ocular
- pertaining to sight
- pensive
- thoughtful
- nicety
- dainty or delicate
- oscillate
- to swing or move back and forth
- nexus
- connection or link
- pecuniary
- pertaining to money
- nostrum
- questionable medicine
- peccadillo
- a minor offense
- oligarchy
- government by only a few
- palpitate
- to beat rapidly
- niggardly
- stingy
- pastoral
- pertaining to the country
- niche
- recess in a wall or best place for a person
- peculate
- to steal
- nugatory
- worthless
- patent
- goverment protection for the invention;obvious
- nefarious
- evil
-
palsy
- muscle paralysis
- nonplus
- to confuse
- oration
- a speech
- noisome
- harmful or offensive
- panorama
- unlimited view;comprehensive survey
- numismatist
- coin collecter
- odious
- digusting
- patrimony
- inherited right
- nepotism
- favoritism shown toward relatives
- panache
- a showy manner
- obtuse
- slow to understand
- ordinance
- a law
- negligent
- careless; neglectful
- pang
- a sharp pain
- oblique
- indirect
- panoply
- suit of armor;any protective covering
- necromancy
- magic
- palatial
- magnificent
- nodule
- a small limp
- paroxysm
- a sudden outburst
- nettle
- to irritate
- paternal
- fatherly
- nonchalant
- casual
- ostracize
- to banish
- nuptial
- pertaining to marriage
- pedigree
- a record of ancestors
- obsequious
- submissive or overly attentive
- orbit
- a path around an object
- notorious
- having a bad reputation
- panagyric
- an expression of praise
- niggle
- petty
- overt
- open; not hidden
- ominous
- threatening
- orient
- an area of the Far East; to adjust
- obstreperous
- loud and unruly
- peer
- an equal or to look at closely
- nebulous
- vague
- peerless
- without equal
- odoriferous
- giving off a pleasent smell
- pallid
- pale; dull
- nativity
- birth
- palpable
- capable of being touched
- obscure
- not clear; partially hidden
- pejorative
- insulting
- nihilism
- total rejection of law
- pact
- an agreement
- novice
- beginner
- ossify
- to change into bone or become rigid
- odyssey
- a long journey
- parley
- a conference
- obsequy
- a funeral rite
- ovine
- like a sheep
- obsess
- to control the thoughts or feelings of a person
- pellucid
- transparent
- noxious
- harmful to health
- ornithology
- study of birds
- obeisance
- gesture expressing deep respect
- palliate
- to lessen
- non sequitur
- something that is not logical
- pedantic
- to show off one's knowledge
- offal
- garbage
- partisan
- a strong supporter
- obtrude
- to push something toward or upon a person
- opt
- to choose
- nullify
- to make useless
- pall
- something that covers or to be unpleasent
- obdurate
- stubborn
- optimum
- the best; most favorable
- oblation
- an offering
- pedagogue
- a school teacher
- noncommittal
- no definite point of view
- peon
- common worker
- obligatory
- required
- patronage
- the power to make appointments to goverment jobs
- omnivarious
- eating anything; absorbing everything
- parable
- a simple story giving a moral or religious lesson
- occlude
- to close; to block out
- paradigm
- a model;an example
- occidental
- western
- paradox
- a statement that is contradictory,but probably true
- officious
- interfering
- ostensible
- apparent
- ogre
- a monster
- paragon
- a model of perfection
- ogle
- to look at with desire
- paramount
- supreme
- olfactory
- pertaining to smell
- pariah
- an outcast
- obviate
- to prevent
- perdition
- damnation
- omen
- a sign which indicates the future
- onerous
- burdensome
- omnifarious
- of all kinds
- omnipotent
- all-powerful
- omniscient
- all-knowing
- nonpareil
- unequaled