PSAT Reading Vocabulary

extremely distressing; disturbing or frightening

• Harrowing

• Lament

• Abyss

• Debacle

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

to mourn aloud; to express sorrow, mourning, or regret

• Harrowing

• Abyss

• Lament

• Debacle

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

bottomless pit, a yawing gulf, a profound depth or void

• Harrowing

• Lament

• Debacle

• Abyss

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 sudden calamitous downfall; collapse or failure

• Bereave

• Debacle

• Languish

• Bizarre

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

suffering the death of a loved on; left alone

• Bucolic

• Bereave

• Languish

• Bizarre

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

rural or rustic in nature, country-like

• Bucolic

• Harrowing

• Lament

• Abyss

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

to become weak or feeble; sag with loss of strength

• Bucolic

• Bereave

• Languish

• Bizarre

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

extremely unconventional or far-fetched

• Languish

• Dauntless

• Duress

• Bizarre

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

fearless; unintimidated

• Dauntless

• Denounce

• Duress

• Bizarre

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

to condemn; to expose critically

• Denounce

• Embody

• Desiccate

• Expunge

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6