PSAT Vocabulary in Context

No one knew whether to celebrate or not, because the results of the game were still unfinished.

• CORRECT

• inconclusive

• deficient

• unfateful

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Julie believes that a pure bedroom is the mark of an organized person. So when she interviews potential new employees, she asks them to describe their living space.

• CORRECT

• spotless

• stainless

• antiseptic

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Hardy had thought that his opening joke was innocuous, but it ended up offending some very important people at his presentation.

• CORRECT

• weak

• sapless

• insipid

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Redesigning the building might be technically possible, but it is not serviceable: their budget can only cover replacement of the air conditioning system.

• CORRECT

• empirical

• experimental

• practical

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

• A

• B

• C

• D

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Although Zachary is much too inexperienced for the managerial

position, he is a willful young man and obdurately refuses to withdraw

his application.

• foolishly

• reluctantly

• constantly

• stubbornly

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

I have an idea for what to do for the project, but I am _____ to other suggestions.

• amenable

• resolution

• candor

• serenity

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects

• peculiar

• eccentric

• infiltrate

• insidious

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Enter or gain access to (an organization, place, etc.) surreptitiously and gradually, especially in order to acquire secret information

• peculiar

• eccentric

• infiltrate

• insidious

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The designer window treatments in her house, installed 17 years

ago, were outmoded.

• a. unnecessary

• b. pointless

• c. out-of-date

• d. worthless

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4