PSAT Vocabulary in Context
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The press assailed the mayor for giving large city construction jobs to his daughter's firm.
paid
praised
fined
attacked
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CCSS.L.11-12.4A
CCSS.L.7.4A
CCSS.L.7.5B
CCSS.L.8.4A
CCSS.L.9-10.4A
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Toddlers are naturally inquisitive. Because they are so interested in their surroundings, they are eager to explore everything.
tired
clumsy
curious
unreliable
Tags
CCSS.L.1.6
CCSS.L.3.6
CCSS.L.4.6
CCSS.RL.1.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Reliable scientific theories are based not upon careless work, but rather upon meticulous research and experimentation.
hasty
easy
careful
complicated
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CCSS.L.11-12.4A
CCSS.L.7.4A
CCSS.L.7.5B
CCSS.L.8.4A
CCSS.L.9-10.4A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
When I explained that aliens seized my homework, my teacher laughed incredulously and said, “No, seriously. Where is it?”
angrily
calmly
skeptically
boldly
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CCSS.L.3.3A
CCSS.L.4.3A
CCSS.L.5.3A
CCSS.L.6.3A
CCSS.L.6.3B
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The teacher preferred to go incognito in public, wearing baggy pants and sunglasses in an effort to avoid students.
concealing one’s identity
in a formal manner
fashionably
deliberately
Tags
CCSS.L.5.4B
CCSS.L.6.1E
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
When a freshman asked to sit at a senior table, the seniors laughed, rolled their eyes, and superciliously retorted, “You can’t sit with us!”
in a superior, ignorant manner
calmly and classily
in a sarcastic tone
properly
Tags
CCSS.L.3.3A
CCSS.L.4.3A
CCSS.L.5.3A
CCSS.L.6.3A
CCSS.L.6.3B
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The neighbors complained about the cacophony that erupted during the band’s very first practice in the garage.
celebration
unpleasant sounds
harmonious music
group
Tags
CCSS.L.3.2F
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