PSAT Prep Vocab Quiz 4

Instigate

• To calm a situation down
• To provoke or incite
• To reject completely
• To praise highly

Exacerbate

• To make worse or more severe
• To make better or less severe
• To hide or cover up
• To fix or remedy something unintentionally

Lackadaisical

• Focused and determined
• Uncertain, doubtful
• Very attentive to rules
• Careless or lazy; lacking enthusiasm

Authoritarianism

• A philosophy focused on personal freedom
• A strong central government that does not "answer to" its citizens
• A method for conflict management\resolution
• A system of rule that values creativity above all else

Ambivalence

• Feelings of strong anger or frustration
• Being absolutely certain about a decision
• The state of having contradicting or conflicting feelings about something
• Having little to no interest\emotion

Stubborn; unwilling to change one's mind

• Culpable
• Obstinate
• Caustic
• Condone

Harshly sarcastic; able to cause chemical burns

• Negligent
• Caustic
• Ambivalent
• Lackadaisical

To approve of or allow behavior that is offensive or wrong

• Condone
• Instigate
• Exacerbate
• Culpable

Deserving blame

• Obstinate
• Culpable
• Ambivalent
• Negligent

Regularly careless or neglectful

• Obstinate
• Negligent
• Authoritarianism
• Instigate