PSAT Academic Vocabulary Set 2

a compound obtained from another compound

• derivative

• vacillate

• urbane

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  superfluous

more than is needed, desired, or required

• extra

• extreme

• bold

• superfluous

be undecided about something

• uncanny

• vacillate

• validate

• obscure

showing a high degree of refinement

• urban

• sophisticated

• posh

• bougie

bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure

• reprehensible

• reproach

• acrimonious

• astute

marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning

• mundane

• pedantic

• astute

• base

no longer in fashion

• old

• outmoded

• passee

• outdated

giving careful attention to detail

• forthright

• fallacious

• ephemeral

• fastidious

containing or based on incorrect reasoning

• fake

• fallacious

• false

• fictitious

anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day

• ephemeral

• ethereal

• elegant

• esoteric