psat list 10

atrophy

to waste away from lack of use

dubious

doubtful; uncertain

flagrant

shocking; outstandingly bad

concise

brief and to the point; succinct

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 unite

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

not harmonious; not consistent; not appropriate

belittle

to make small or unimportant; to seem little

unprecedented

happening for the first time; novel; never seen before