PSAT Vocabulary

The italicized word in the sentence below most nearly means...

Due to the breadth of the UN's decree, industries around the world had to completely reevaluate their production and transportation of goods to meet the expectations for reducing emissions and slowing climate change.

• scope

• elaboration

• ambivalence

• correlation

The italicized word in the sentence below most nearly means...

• didactic

• ambiguous

• ambivalent

• laudatory

The italicized word in the sentence below most nearly means...

Studying the bay, the roan, and the paint, all marvelous beasts, for any tenderness of hoof, swayback, or uneven gait successively, the buyer intended to find the next winner of the Kentucky Derby.

• respectively

• precedingly

• elaborately

• ambivalently

The italicized words in the sentence below most nearly mean...

No painting could be so highly wrought and understated at once unless it was the Mona Lisa, the epitome of fine art.

• elaborate

• didactic

• ambiguous

• ambivalent

The italicized word in the sentence below most nearly means...

Somehow, shark attacks parallel the sale of ice cream cones in the state of Florida.

• correlate with

• corroborate

• enumerate

• render

The italicized word in the sentence below most nearly means...

Bird swarms herald the onset of Fall as migration south begins.

• corroborate

• subsequent

• precede

• preclude

The italicized words in the sentence below most nearly mean...

The orphanage's numbers exploded following the border wars and public funds floundered, unable to support the burden; following that, the government instituted partnerships in allied countries to accept orphan refugees.

• elaborately

• condescendingly

• subsequently

• respectively

Select the best definition for the word LUCID

• easily understood or clearly expressed

• elusive or sneaky

• bright, lit up

Select the best definition for the word ROBUST

• a portrait sculpture showing only the head and shoulders of the subject

• strong & healthy, tough

• in a robotic way

Select the best definition for the word CANTANKEROUS

• can-shaped

• grumpy, bad-tempered

• having thick ankles