PSAT Prep Vocab Quiz 3

Contentious

• Likely to cause an argument; controversial
• Willing to cooperate with others
• Able to adapt to a variety of situations
• Kindhearted or generous

Diligence

• An extended period of maintenance
• Inactivity or laziness
• Careful and persistent work or effort
• A temporary lack of focus

Mitigate

• To make less severe or serious
• To declare something illegal
• To speed up a process
• To criticize publicly

Complacent

• Eager for more opportunities
• Constantly seeking approval
• Rebellious or difficult to control
• Overly satisfied with oneself; seeing no need to improve

Expedite

• To delay a process or action
• To speed up a process or action
• To fully understand a situation
• To take full responsibility

To express complete disapproval; to sentence to a punishment

• Diminish
• Impose
• Retain
• Condemn

To keep or hold onto; to remember

• Retain
• Fundamental
• Expedite
• Contentious

To lessen or make smaller\less impressive

• Complacent
• Diminish
• Diligence
• Mitigate

Basic, core principles (noun) Essential for some purpose (adj)

• Contentious
• Fundamental
• Impose
• Expedite

To burden with something undesirable\unpleasant

• Diligence
• Condemn
• Impose
• Mitigate