PSAT High-Frequency Vocabulary

conformity

n. agreement

congenial

adj. friendly

consolidation

n. unification

contentious

adj. quarrelsome

convention

n. acceptable behavior

curtail

v. to shorten [a topic]

dawdle

v. to loiter

debilitate

v. to weaken

defiance

n. opposition

degenerate

v. to deteriorate

denounce

v. condemn

depict

v. to portray

deplore

v. to regret

derision

n. ridicule

derivative

adj. unoriginal

detached

adj. not attached

didactic

adj. teaching

digression

n. rambling

discernible

adj. distinguishable

disclaim

v. to disown

discord

n. conflicted

disinterested

adj. detached

dismiss

v. reject

disparage

v. to belidddle

disparate

adj. unrelated

dispatch

n./v. speed

dispel

v. to scatter

disperse

v. to scatter

dissent

v. to disagree

distinction

n. honor

diverse

adj. varied

divulge

v. to reveal

docile

adj. obedient

eclipse

v. to darken

elusive

adj. evasive

endorse

v. to approve

enhance

v. to improve

enumerate

v. to list

erratic

adj. unpredictable

erroneous

adj. wrong

esoteric

adj. hard to understand

espouse

v. adopt

expediency

n. efficient swiftness

fastidious

adj. difficult to please

flippant

adj. sarcastic

forthright

adj. honest

frail

adj. weak

futile

adj. innefective

glimmer

n./v. twinkle

gragarious

adj. sociable

heed

v. to consider

hinderance

n. obstacle

hypocritical

adj. deceiving, false

restraint

n. controlling force

retain

v. to keep

reticent

adj. reserved, shy

reverence

n. respect

satirize

v. to mock

satirize

v. to mock

scrutinize

v. to look closely

seclusion

n. isolation

serenity

n. calmness

skeptical

adj. doubtful

subversive

adj. overthrowing

superfluous

adj. unnecessary

taciturn

adj. quiet

temperate

adj. restraint

tempestuous

adj. stormy

thwart

v. to baffle

transparent

adj. clear

turbulence

n. violence

utopia

n. an ideal place

versatile

adj. multi-talented

vigor

n. strength

volatile

adj. quick changing

wary

adj. cautious

withhold

v. to hold back