Useful PSAT Vocabulary

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Highly wrought

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Elaborate; carefully crafted or constructed.

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Balance (in ecology)

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The state of equilibrium between natural events and human activities affecting ecosystems.

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Cryptic

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Ambiguous; having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure.

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Herald

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To precede; to signal the approach of something.

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Successively

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Respectively; in the order of occurrence.

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Epitome

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A perfect example or embodiment of a particular quality or type.

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Corroborate

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To confirm or give support to a statement, theory, or finding.

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Ambivalent

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Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.

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Didactic

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Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.

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Elaborate (as a verb)

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To develop or present in detail.