psat 12

fickle

capricious; whimsical; unpredictable

lethargy

sluggishness; laziness; drowsiness; indifference

hackneyed

banal; overused; trite (a cliché is a 'hackneyed expression')

amass

to accumulate

willful

deliberate; obstinate; insistent on having one's way

bastion

stronghold; fortress; fortified place

trepidation

fear; apprehension; nervous trembling

desecrate

to profane a hold place (the opposite is consecrate)

fortuitous

accidental; occurring by chance

vehement

urgent; passionate

assuage

to soothe; to pacify; to ease the pain of; to relieve

prodigious

extraordinary; enormous

torpor

sluggishness; inactivity; apathy

furtive

secretive

supercilious

haughty; patronizing

prudent

careful; having foresight

verbose

wordy; overly talkative

pedestrian

common; ordinary; banal (secondary meaning)

innocuous

harmless; banal

fanatic

one who is extremely devoted to a cause or idea

deplete

to use up; to reduce; to lessen

amity

friendship

stringent

strict; restrictive

voluminous

very large; spacious (this word has nothing to do with sound)

auspicious

favorable; promising; pointing to a good result