PSAT Vocabulary

Define "Allude."

• v. to become less active, less intense, or less in amount

• v. to make suit a new purpose

  v. to accommodate oneself to a new condition, setting, or situation

• v. to permit or consent to

• v. to make a secretive mention of something

Define "Abate."

• v. to become less active, less intense, or less in amount

• v. to make suit a new purpose

  v. to accommodate oneself to a new condition, setting, or situation

• adj. relating to hostile opposition

• v. to promote something (usu. a cause)

Define "Abysmal."

• adv. in accordance with

• adj. having sufficient qualifications to meet a specific task or purpose

• adj. extremely bad

• adj. existing purely in the mind; not representing actual reality

Define "Abstract."

• adj. relating to hostile opposition

• adj. having sufficient qualifications to meet a specific task or purpose

• adv. in accordance with

• adj. existing purely in the mind; not representing actual reality

doing something, or acting in a way, that goes against your stated beliefs

• hypocritical

• deliberate

• ogle

• alacrity

Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects

• peculiar

• eccentric

• infiltrate

• insidious

I got a vicarious thrill watching you on the diving board.

• a. shared

• b. unpleasant

• c. adventurous

• d. evil

The designer window treatments in her house, installed 17 years

ago, were outmoded.

• a. unnecessary

• b. pointless

• c. out-of-date

• d. worthless

If you think you will be relieved of your duties, you are wrong. Relieved of your duties also means

• resolution

• absolve

• acrimony

• wary

The technical department enthusiastically hired Ms. Long because

she was proficient in the use of computers.

• a. sincere

• b. adequate

• c. competent

• d. skilled