PSAT VOCAB SET 3: Practice 2

Move out of or away from something and come into view

• Arise

• Emerge

• Compose

• Latter

Lacking significance through having been overused

• Hackneyed

• Precede

• Solemn

• Gauge

A feeling of great happiness and triumph

• Jubilation

• Analyze

• Enervating

• Cumbersome

Serious and immediate danger

• Peril

• Distinguish

• hypothesis

• Residual

The quality of showing good judgement, intelligence

• Sagacity

• Analyze

• Aloof

• Inclined

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

• Examine

• Summarize

• Ignore

• Assume

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

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

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

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