PSAT Vocab Quiz 7

Alleviate

• To diminish or mitigate; to make less severe
• To create an unnecessary burden
• To reject or push away
• To exaggerate the importance of something

Inane

• Showing great insight or intelligence
• Silly or foolish; meaningless
• Mysterious and intriguing
• Threatening or dangerous in nature

Aspire

• To hinder or prevent progress
• To abandon all plans or efforts
• To criticize someone's ambitions
• To long or aim for something

Lethargic

• Energetic and active
• Apathetic; lacking energy or interest
• Persistent and hardworking
• Improving over time

Zealous

• Openly disrespectful or rude
• Overly concerned with rules and structure
• Extremely enthusiastic or energetic about something
• Lacking passion or enthusiasm

Using more words than necessary; overly wordy

• Compelling
• Verbose
• Inane
• Complicit

Being indirectly involved in something wrong or illegal

• Complicit
• Irreverence
• Aspire
• Surreptitious

Secretive or stealthy; hidden

• Verbose
• Zealous
• Surreptitious
• Compelling

Disrespect for something that is usually respected or taken seriously

• Inane
• Lethargic
• Complicit
• Irreverence

Convincing or attractive; difficult to resist or ignore

• Aspire
• Compelling
• Alleviate
• Zealous