PSAT Vocabulary in Context

No one knew whether to celebrate or not, because the results of the game were still unfinished.

• CORRECT

• inconclusive

• deficient

• unfateful

Julie believes that a pure bedroom is the mark of an organized person. So when she interviews potential new employees, she asks them to describe their living space.

• CORRECT

• spotless

• stainless

• antiseptic

Hardy had thought that his opening joke was innocuous, but it ended up offending some very important people at his presentation.

• CORRECT

• weak

• sapless

• insipid

Redesigning the building might be technically possible, but it is not serviceable: their budget can only cover replacement of the air conditioning system.

• CORRECT

• empirical

• experimental

• practical

• A

• B

• C

• D

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

Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects

• peculiar

• eccentric

• infiltrate

• insidious

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

• peculiar

• eccentric

• infiltrate

• insidious

The designer window treatments in her house, installed 17 years

ago, were outmoded.

• a. unnecessary

• b. pointless

• c. out-of-date

• d. worthless