PSAT 10

Atrophy

to waste away from lack of sue

Dubious

doubtful; uncertain

Flagrant

shocking; outstandingly bad

Concise

brief and to the point; succint

Immutable

unchangeable; permanent

Static

stationary; not changing or moving (not radio fuzz)

Credulous

believing; gullible

Blasphemy

irreverence, an insult to something held sacred; profanity

Coalesce

to come together as one; to fuse; to unit

Lax

careless; not diligent; relaxed

Cryptic

mysterious; mystifying

Levity

lightness; frivolity; lack of seriousness

Ambivalent

undecided; blowing hot and cold

Innate

existing since birth; inborn; inherent

Sycophant

one who sucks up to others

Amiable

friendly

Esoteric

hard to understand; understood by only a select few; peculiar

Extraneous

irrelevant; extra; unnecessary; unimportant

Tedious

boring

Caustic

like acid; corrosive

Inadvertent

lax, careless; without intention

Exhaustive

thorough; complete

Incongruous

nto harmonious; not consistent; not appropiate

Belittle

to make small or unimportant; to seem little

Unprecedented

happening for the first time; novel; never seen before