PSAT VOCAB SET 3: Practice 2

Move out of or away from something and come into view

• Arise

• Emerge

• Compose

• Latter

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

Lacking significance through having been overused

• Hackneyed

• Precede

• Solemn

• Gauge

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A feeling of great happiness and triumph

• Jubilation

• Analyze

• Enervating

• Cumbersome

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Serious and immediate danger

• Peril

• Distinguish

• hypothesis

• Residual

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The quality of showing good judgement, intelligence

• Sagacity

• Analyze

• Aloof

• Inclined

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

Which of the following is the best synonym for "analyze"?

• Examine

• Summarize

• Ignore

• Assume

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Which of the following is the best definition of the word "corollary"?

• A detailed explanation

• A consequence or result that naturally follows from something

• A complex theory

• A form of evidence used in an argument

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence:

The long, grueling marathon left the runners feeling utterly __________, as if all their strength had been drained away.

• Enervating

• Invigorating

• Rejuvenating

• Stimulating

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

In the following sentence, what does the word hypothesis most nearly mean?

"The scientist tested her hypothesis by conducting multiple experiments to determine whether her prediction about the chemical reaction was correct."

• Theory

• Assumption

• Observation

• Conclusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

In the following sentence, what does the word latter most nearly mean?

"Of the two novels we read in class, I enjoyed the latter more because of its unexpected plot twists and complex characters."

• First

• Last

• Longer

• Older

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C