PSAT Vocab Set #1

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Ameliorate

v. to improve; make or become better

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Approbation

n. approval; sanction

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Avarice

n. greed for wealth

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Depravity

n. state of behaving as if morally unsound or corrupt

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Effrontery

n. impudent boldness; audacity

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Embroider

v. to embellish (a narrative)

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Euphonious (euphony)

adj. agreeable sound, esp. in the phonetic quality of words

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Fathom

v. to determine the depth of; sound; to understand

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Indigence

n. state of lacking the means of subsistence; impoverishment; quality of being needy

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Nadir

n. a point on the celestial sphere diametrically opposite the zenith; the lowest point

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Obsequious

adj. full of servile compliance, fawning

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Perfunctory

adj. done or acting routinely with little interest or care

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Repast

n. a meal or the food eaten or provided at a meal

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Sequester

v. to remove or set apart; to withdraw into seclusion

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Sycophant

(kiss up) n. one who tries to win favor or advance self by flattering persons of influence

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Ubiquitous

adj. being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time

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Zenith

n. point on a celestial sphere directly above the observer; any culmination or high point