PSAT Vocabulary

The designer window treatments in her house, installed 17 years

ago, were outmoded.

• a. unnecessary

• b. pointless

• c. out-of-date

• d. worthless

The spies conducted a covert operation.

• a. dangerous

• b. foreign

• c. hidden

• d. illegal

The baseball player’s malice toward the referee was revealed in his

spiteful remarks to the media, which almost ruined the referee’s

career.

• vindictive

• crazy

• rude

• unpleasant

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

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

• amenable

• resolution

• candor

• serenity

The doctor got to the crux of the issue.

• outline

• opposite

• crucial pointc. crucial point

• unhealthy

The technical department enthusiastically hired Ms. Long because

she was proficient in the use of computers.

• a. sincere

• b. adequate

• c. competent

• d. skilled

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

• peculiar

• eccentric

• infiltrate

• insidious

I got a vicarious thrill watching you on the diving board.

• a. shared

• b. unpleasant

• c. adventurous

• d. evil

If you think you will be relieved of your duties, you are wrong. Relieved of your duties also means

• resolution

• absolve

• acrimony

• wary