psat vacabulary-2

The lawyer was - - - - - - in her cross examination;

her aggressive questioning continued

for what seemed like days.

• (A) unrelenting

• (B) sympathetic

• (C) casual

• (D) reflective

• (E) stagnant

A disaster was - - - - - - by the quick-thinking

helmsman, who steered the ship away from

the rocks that had - - - - - - emerged from the

ocean.

• (A) predicted : : permanently

• (B) forestalled : : reluctantly

• (C) averted : : suddenly

• (D) dispelled : : passively

• (E) avoided : : serenely

The - - - - - - decline in the price of the stock

caught many investors unprepared; they

had expected its value to remain - - - - - - for

many months, if not years.

• (A) unexpected : : volatile

• (B) gradual : : low

• (C) improvised : : uniform

• (D) cumbersome : : liquid

• (E) precipitous : : stable

Unlike our previous manager, who often

made sudden decisions without thinking

carefully about them, the new one is far

more - - - - - - and deliberate.

• (A) capricious

• (B) pensive

• (C) remorseful

• (D) intolerant

• (E) inexorable

When spending long periods of time among

the tribal peoples whose cultures they are

studying, - - - - - - should be careful not to

introduce harmful germs or disruptive technologies

into those societies.

• (A) herpetologists

• (B) oncologists

• (C) ornithologists

• (D) agronomists

• (E) anthropologists

Alicia’s - - - - - - - - performance in the company

play astonished those who were familiar with

her - - - - - - - demeanor at work.

• (A) fearless : : intrepid

• (B) emotional : : stolid

• (C) inspiring : : meticulous

• (D) stable : : attentive

• (E) amusing : : flippant

In an industry in which truthfulness is too

often an impediment to success, many salespeople

have had to become masters of

- - - - - - - - in order to advance their careers.

• (A) prevarication

• (B) timidity

• (C) certitude

• (D) perseverance

• (E) consumption

Gina considered her thousands of hours of

volunteer work to be selfish rather than

- - - - - - -; she simply enjoyed working with

people and did not consider herself a

paragon of -------.

• (A) altruistic : : magnanimity

• (B) egotistical : : placidity

• (C) generous : : diversity

• (D) reassuring : : distortion

• (E) desperate : : obsession

Choose the correct option: When your body is more erect, one’s mind is

more alert.

• (A) one’s mind is more alert

• (B) your mind is more alert

• (C) your mind’s alertness is greater

• (D) the alertness of one’s mind increases

• (E) the mind is alerter

Choose the correct option: The reason the tent fell over was that we did

not anchor the center pole.

• (A) that we did not anchor the center pole

• (B) because we did not anchor the center

  pole

• (C) we did not anchor the center pole

• (D) for our not anchoring the center pole

• (E) because of our not anchoring the center

  pole