PSAT Vocabulary

The ______ the teacher had for the students who were playing during her lecture was evident in her voice and mannerisms.

• attitude

• garrulous

• disdain

The defense attorney had to _______ all the testimony from the witnesses who said his client was guilty of the crimes for which he was on trial.

• nonchalance

• disdain

• repudiate

While the rest of us were afraid we would fail the test, Mike’s _______ was evident in how unconcerned he appeared to be about the final exam.

• nonchalance

• disdain

• reprehensible

My little sister’s ______ begging to go to the store with me was so annoying I finally said yes just to make her be quiet.

• pervasive

• nonchalance

• querulous

The _____ student’’s cheeks turned red from all the praise and wild applause the audience made when he won the district spelling bee.

• reprehensible

• pervasive

• diffident

The _____ teacher lectured for hours, unaware the students had fallen asleep long ago.

• querulous

• garrulous

• diffident

The ____ child was a gifted composer by the age of 10.

• languid

• precocious

• diffident

I felt very ___ after being sick with the flu for a week.

• diffident

• languid

• querulous

Due to the ____ nature of his crimes, the judge sentenced him to many years in prison.

• languid

• reprehensible

• pervasive

Cultures influence and pressure one another all the time, in____ and subtle ways.

• languid

• pervasive

• reprehensible