Vocabulary List #4 for PSAT/ABC

Flashcards containing vocabulary words and their definitions, along with common prefixes for PSAT/ABC preparation.

Assiduous

Showing great care, attention, and effort; diligent.

Sanguine

Optimistic or positive, especially in a difficult situation.

Poignant

Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret.

Ignominy

Public shame or disgrace.

Chagrin

Distress or embarrassment at having failed or been humiliated.

Discomfit

To make someone feel uneasy or embarrassed.

Inexorable

Impossible to stop or prevent; relentless.

Affable

Friendly, easy to talk to.

Capricious

Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior.

Portent

A sign or warning that something, especially something momentous or calamitous, is likely to happen.

Craven

Cowardly; lacking in courage.

Vestige

A trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists.

Anomaly

Something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected.

Pernicious

Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.

Artifice

Clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others.

A-, an-

Common prefix meaning without.

Anti-

Common prefix meaning against.

Dis-

Common prefix meaning apart, not, away.

En-

Common prefix meaning put into, cover with.

Extra-

Common prefix meaning beyond, outside, more than.

Omni-

Common prefix meaning all, every.

Post-

Common prefix meaning behind.

Pre-, Pro-

Common prefix meaning before, forward.

Re-

Common prefix meaning again.

Sub-

Common prefix meaning under, lower.