PSAT vocab

eschew — deliberately avoid; shun.

engender — give rise to; cause.

subsumes — includes under a larger category.

attenuate — weaken; make thinner/less intense.

preempt — take action to prevent; act before someone else.

extol/ed — praise highly.

belie/belies — contradict; give a false impression of.

malign — speak about in a harmful/evil way; slander.

evince/evinced — show clearly; make evident.

expound/expounding — explain in detail.

propagate — spread or transmit (ideas, organisms)

ambiguous — having more than one meaning; unclear.

unambiguous — clear; only one meaning.

aesthetic — related to beauty or artistic taste.

capacious — very spacious/roomy.

capricious — impulsive; changeable, unpredictable.

auspicious — favorable; signaling good prospects.

pervasive — widespread; present throughout.

exhaustive — complete, covering all details.

novel (in “novelty” sense) — new, original.

preserved — kept in its original state; protected from change.

enhanced — improved; made better or more intense.

paucity — scarcity; smallness of number/amount.

novelty — newness; originality (sometimes “a new thing”).

caricature/caricaturing (as a gerund) — an exaggerated, usually mocking portrayal.