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Vocab Pulled From Barron's PSAT Book
Vocab words that I had a tough time with as I progressed though Barron's 2009 PSAT/NMSQT book. These are not just the vocab they listed but words I pulled from their reading passages or grammer questi
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07/14/2010
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Colloquially
 Definition
informal, conversational, vernacular
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Ephemeral
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short lived; fleeting
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Idiosyncratic
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1: an individualizing characteristic or quality

 

2: individual hypersensitiveness (as to a drug or food)
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Allusion 
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an implied or indirect reference especially in literature
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Elation
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Feeling of great joy
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Cynical
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Someone given to distrusting the motives and actions of others
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Altruistic
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Unselfish deeds of others
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Reticent
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Reserved; disinclined to speak or act freely
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Misnomer
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A name that's wrongly applied to someone or something
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Pseudonym
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False name an author adopts
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