PSAT Reading Vocabulary

extremely distressing; disturbing or frightening

• Harrowing

• Lament

• Abyss

• Debacle

to mourn aloud; to express sorrow, mourning, or regret

• Harrowing

• Abyss

• Lament

• Debacle

bottomless pit, a yawing gulf, a profound depth or void

• Harrowing

• Lament

• Debacle

• Abyss

a sudden calamitous downfall; collapse or failure

• Bereave

• Debacle

• Languish

• Bizarre

suffering the death of a loved on; left alone

• Bucolic

• Bereave

• Languish

• Bizarre

rural or rustic in nature, country-like

• Bucolic

• Harrowing

• Lament

• Abyss

to become weak or feeble; sag with loss of strength

• Bucolic

• Bereave

• Languish

• Bizarre

extremely unconventional or far-fetched

• Languish

• Dauntless

• Duress

• Bizarre

fearless; unintimidated

• Dauntless

• Denounce

• Duress

• Bizarre

to condemn; to expose critically

• Denounce

• Embody

• Desiccate

• Expunge