psat vocab 401-450
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- libel
- defamatory statement; act of writing something that smears a person's character
- lilliputian
- extremely small
- loath
- reluctant; disinclined
- loquacious
- talkative
- lucid
- esaily understood
- lucrative
- profitable
- lugubrious
- mournful; funereal
- maelstrom
- whirlpool
- malign
- speak evil of; bad-mouth; defame
- malignant
- having an evil influence
- manifest
- evident; visible; obvious
- marshal
- put in order
- martinet
- strict diciplinarian
- maverick
- rebel; nonconformist
- mawkish
- mushy and gushy; sentimental; maudlin
- maxim
- proverb; a truth pithily stated
- mealymouthed
- indirect in speech; hypocritical; evasive
- meander
- wind or turn in its course
- melliflous
- sweetlyb or smoothlyflowing; melodious
- mercurial
- capricious; changing; fickle
- ministration
- act of giving care; attending to someone's needs
- misconception
- an erroneous conception/ mistaken notion
- misconstrue
- interpret incorrectly; misjudge
- mitigate
- appease; moderate
- mollify
- soothe
- moratorium
- suspension of activity; authorized period of delay (of a payment, etc)
- mutability
- ability to change in form; fickleness
- myriad
- very large number
- nadir
- lowest point
- navigable
- wide and deep enough to allow ships to pass through; able to be steered
- nebulous
- vague; hazy; cloudy
- neologism
- new or newly coined word or phrase
- neophyte
- recent convert; bginner
- nonchalance
- indifference; lack of concern; composure
- novice
- beginner
- obdurate
- stubborn
- obfuscate
- confuse; muddle; make unclear
- obscure
- dark; vague; unclear; darken; make unclear
- obsequious
- slavishly attentive; servile; fawning; sycophantic
- obsolescent
- going out of use
- obsolete
- outmoded
- obtrude
- push (oneself or one's ideas) forward or intrude; butt in; stick out or intrude
- officious
- meddlesome; excessively pushing in offering one's services
- ominous
- threatening
- opprobrium
- public disgrace or reproach; vilification
- opt
- decide in favor of; choose
- opulence
- extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance
- ostentatious
- showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention
- outlandish
- bizarre; peculiar; unconventional
- outmoded
- to cause something to go out of style/ become obsolete