PSAT Prep vocab

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Empirical

derived from experience, experimentation, or observation

Endow

to equip or bestow a quality or ability

Abate

to become less active or intense, or less in amount

Onset

the beginning or early stages

venerable

deserving of respect because of age or achievement

paramount

predominant, superior, or most important

surmount

to get on top of or overcome

tantamount

equivalent in value or significance

surly

unfriendly; inclined to anger

viscous

not free-flowing; syrupy

scintillating

sparkly

toady

one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors

timorous

timid, fearful

Petulant

cranky, pouty, irritable

propagate

to spread out, to multiply

paradigm

an example that is a perfect pattern or model

officious

offering one’s services when they are neither wanted nor needed

nominal

trifling, insignificant

mutable

able to change

Insipid

dull, boring

Incisive

clear, sharp, direct

fastidious

having high and often unobtainable standards, meticulous, demanding

exhort

to urge, prod, or spur

dogmatic

aggressively and arrogantly certain about unproved principles

cosmopolitan

worldly, sophisticated