psat 2025 vocab

eschewed

deliberately avoid using; abstain from.

ambiguous

open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning.

engenders

cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition).

subsumes

include or absorb (something) in something else.

attenuates

reduce the force, effect, or value of; make thin

preempts

take action in order to prevent (an anticipated event) from happening; forestall; acquire or appropriate (something) in advance.

expounding

explain the meaning of systematically and in detail

probate

The act of proving a will's authenticity and validity in court. 

malign

evil in nature or effect; speak about (someone) in a spitefully critical manner.

caricaturing

make or give a comically or grotesquely exaggerated representation of (someone or something).

belie

(of an appearance) fail to give a true notion or impression of (something); disguise or contradict; fail to justify a claim; betray

extolled

praise enthusiastically.