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English III AP - PSAT vocab group 1

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adj. - Theoretical; not concrete
adj. - Hard to understand
verb - Praise; applaud
noun - An award, or praise
adj. - Reluctantly agreeable; compliant
noun - Words or behavior filled with harshness or anger
adj. - Refusing to change; stubborn, unyielding
adj. - Skillful in physical activity, or in handling difficult situations
verb - To support; plead for; speak on behalf of
adj. - Friendly; easygoing
noun - Positive statement; assertion; agreement
verb - To push someone away, or cause him to separate from people
adj. - Detached; apart; indifferent
adj. - Unselfish; caring
adj. - Able to use both hands with equal skill
adj. - Unclear; vague; having several possible interpretations
noun - Indecision; feeling of being pulled in two directions
verb - To make an unpleasant situation better; to improve
noun - Friendship
adj. - Without shape or form
adj. - Similar
noun - A lack of order; chaos
noun - A religious curse, or the thing or person being cursed
adj. - In hostile competition; opposing
adj. - too old to be useful; outdated; obselete
noun - Opposite
noun - Lack of interest or concern
noun - Top; highest point; summit
verb - Calm; pacify
adj. - Selected by random choice without solid reason
adj. - Secret; mysterious
adj. - Old; antiquated
adj. - Acting superior, obnoxious, smug, or rude
adj. - Able to speak clearly and effectively
noun - Domination; controlling power
noun - Person who rejects physical comfort and luxury for self-discipline
adj. - Roughness; harshness; irritability
verb - Attack with words or force
adj. - Persistent; hard-working; diligent; attentive to detail
verb - Relieve; ease; pacify
adj. - Wise; insightfully clever; shrewd
verb. - Waste away; wither
adj. - Brazen; brash; nervy
verb - Make larger; increase
adj. - Taking place under promising conditions; likely to succeed
adj. - stern; plain; without luxuries
noun - Greed
adj. - Feeling repelled; wanting to avoid
adj. - harmful; menacing
adj. - Boring; trite; insipid
verb - To cheat or deceive, usually through charm; to amuse
verb - To give an impression that is the opposite of the way things really are; to misinterpret
adj. - Having a strong tendency to argue and fight
noun - Good wishes; a blessing
adj. - Kindhearted; good-natured; generous
adj. - Gentle; kind-hearted; mild
verb - To leave behind or hand down through a will; transmit
noun - Decay; disease; widespread death
verb - To support; to reinforce
noun - Speech or writing intended to impress the audience; pompous
noun - Briefness; conciseness
adj. - Pushy; obnoxiously self-assertive
noun - Harshness of sound; opposite of harmony
verb - To fool with flattery or false promises; coax; deceive
noun - Honesty; frankness
adj. - Large; roomy; spacious
verb - Surrender; yield
adj. - Unpredictable
verb - Scold; punish
adj. - Burning, either with chemicals or sarcasm
noun - Speed
verb - To criticize
verb - Punish; discipline; castigate
verb - Scold; punish; castigate
noun - Anger
verb - Draw a line around; define limits; confine; restrict
adj. - Cautious
noun - Mercy
verb - Unite; grow together
verb - To force someone by threatening or physically overpowering them
noun - Secluded or isolated from the outside world; also, a place of seclusion
adj. - Self-satisfied; unconcerned
adj. - Following someone else's demands; conforming; obeying

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