PSAT Vocab Lesson 3

abstruse

difficult to understand, concealed

affable

friendly, courteous, amiable

audacity

excessive boldness, rashness, daring

contrite

extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant

credulous

believing on slight evidence, gullible

depravity

moral corruption, a wicked or perverse act

deprecate

to disapprove regretfully, to belittle

didactic

instructive, designed to teach

dormant

inactive, sleeping

enigmatic

mysterious, inexplicable, puzzling

erudite

scholarly

exotic

foreign, unfamiliar

fuse

to mix, to join (usually by melting)

immutable

unchanging

incorrigible

incapable of being reformed or improved

loathe

to detest

mitigate

to cause to become less harsh or hostile; to make less severe

nullify

to cause not to be in effect, to negate

pacifistic

opposed to war or use of force

pretentious

making an extravagant outward show, self-important

prlogue

introductory remarks to a speech, play, or literary work

recant

to withdraw or to repudiate a statement or belief

servile

overly submissive

trepidation

fear, trembling, agitation

vilify

to malign, to defame, to utter abusive statements against