PSAT Vocabulary in Context

The press assailed the mayor for giving large city construction jobs to his daughter's firm.

• paid

• praised

• fined

• attacked

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Toddlers are naturally inquisitive. Because they are so interested in their surroundings, they are eager to explore everything.

• tired

• clumsy

• curious

• unreliable

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Reliable scientific theories are based not upon careless work, but rather upon meticulous research and experimentation.

• hasty

• easy

• careful

• complicated

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

When I explained that aliens seized my homework, my teacher laughed incredulously and said, “No, seriously. Where is it?”

• angrily

• calmly

• skeptically

• boldly

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

The teacher preferred to go incognito in public, wearing baggy pants and sunglasses in an effort to avoid students.

• concealing one’s identity

• in a formal manner

• fashionably

• deliberately

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

When a freshman asked to sit at a senior table, the seniors laughed, rolled their eyes, and superciliously retorted, “You can’t sit with us!”

• in a superior, ignorant manner

• calmly and classily

• in a sarcastic tone

• properly

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

The neighbors complained about the cacophony that erupted during the band’s very first practice in the garage.

• celebration

• unpleasant sounds

• harmonious music

• group

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Our vivacious teacher was even more energetic after consuming multiple cups of coffee.

• healthy

• lively

• calm

• optimistic

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Extroverts are gregarious and interactive, while introverts prefer solitude over social situations.

• disruptive

• social

• opinionated

• independent

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5B

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

She provided some comic relief with her joke, which managed to temporarily divert everyone’s attention from the issue.

• decrease

• calm

• turn away

• direct

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C