PSAT Words
Quiz of PSAT words from Vocabulary.com
Q.1)
superfluous means:
A. impending
B. ferocious
C. vertical
D. excess
Q.2)
resolution means:
A. an extended fictional work in prose
B. a statement that solves a problem
C. a message describing how something is to be done
D. permission to do something
Q.3)
Which of the following persons is most likely to refute claims daily?
A. a gas station attendant
B. a lawyer
C. a trash collector
D. a musical composer
Q.4)
derivative means:
A. using people
B. skillful in physical movements
C. not original; secondary
D. out of fashion
Q.5)
amenable means:
A. disposed or willing to comply
B. infectious
C. having acquired its flight feathers
D. having a constant ratio
Q.6)
Which of the following best describes languid behavior?
A. robbing a bank
B. watching TV all afternoon
C. running a marathon
D. giving a powerful speech
Q.7)
repudiate means to:
A. cornice
B. illuminate
C. renounce
D. impede
Q.8)
Which of the following is most likely to debilitate a person?
A. drinking a protein shake
B. strenuous physical labor
C. calling a friend on the phone
D. a three course meal
Q.9)
innate means:
Q.9)
innate means:
A. intermediate
B. challenging
C. inborn
D. gaudy
Q.10) subdued means:
A. quiet
B. sociable
C. repeated
D. fresh
Q.11) reticent means:
A. intrinsic
B. craven
C. reserved
D. plumb
Q.12) pedantic means:
A. jaunty
B. coy
C. molten
D. scholarly
Q.13) Which two people are most likely to experience incongruity?
A. a waitress and a customer at a restaurant
B.
two students working on a group project
C. two lawyers arguing for opposite sides of a case
D. two lawyers working at different firms
Q.14) immutable means:
A. discontented as toward authority
B. of or relating to or featuring horseback riding
C. not subject or susceptible to change or variation
D. wet through and through
Q.15) Which of the following is most likely to experience serenity?
A. a compulsive liar
B. a waiter in a busy restaurant
C. a fortune-teller
D. a calm and content person
Q.16) caricature means:
A. a characteristic language of a particular group
B. an indication that something has been present
C. a representation of a person exaggerated for comic effect
D. a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family
Q.17) presumptuous means:
A. assuming
B. unearthly
C. insidious
D. astute
Q.18) demean means to:
A. delude
B. degrade
C. patronize
D. differentiate
Q.19) decorous means:
A. not subject to death
B. according with custom or propriety
C. showing a sense of wrongness
D. unflinching in battle or action
Q.20) perpetual means:
A. eternal
B. altered
C. foul
D. banner
Q.21) Where is on most likely to go to see a farce?
A. a stage play
B. a planetarium
C. a symphonic concert
D. a zoo
Q.22) reprehensible means:
A. wrong, deserving strong criticism
B. grandiose
C. bestial
D. fledgling
Q.23) outmoded means:
A. producing a sizable profit
B. out of fashion
C. full in all respects
D. old
Q.24) candor means:
A. frankness
B. validity
C. zest
D. efficacy
Q.25) pervasive means:
A. spreading or spread throughout
B. reduced to nothingness
C. devouring or craving food in great quantities
D. excessively greedy and grasping
Q.26) frivolous means:
A. practicing great self-denial
B. not serious in content or attitude or behavior
C.
C.
showing lack of favoritism
D. profit oriented
Q.27) hackneyed means:
A. automated
B. vapid
C. mercurial
D. overused
Q.28) congenial means:
A. sociable
B. significant
C. concealed
D. simple
Q.29) dearth means:
A. moratorium
B. elation
C. shortage
D. addiction
Q.30) didactic means:
A. sinuous
B. flammable
C. approachable
D. instructive
Q.31) Which of the following is most likely to be considered eclectic?
A. a man committed to a mental institution
B. a house decorated with various styles
C. a low-ranking church official
D. an outlet positioned in the wall
Q.32) relinquish means to:
A. gall
B. renounce
C. lull
D. quarry
Q.33) Where would one most likely see something vacillate?
A. inside a sea sponge
B. in a desert oasis
C. on a conveyor belt
D. on a heart monitor
Q.34) garrulous means:
A. religious
B. loquacious, talky
C. considered
D. studious
Q.35) demean means to:
A. pull strings
B. take stock
C. size up
D. put down
Q.36) derision means
A. discord that splits a group
B. something done or paid in expiation of a wrong
C. the act of deriding or treating with contempt
D. kindly endorsement and guidance
Q.37) urbane means:
A. vivacious
B. sophisticated
C. tractable
D. despondent
Q.38) docile means:
A. blithe
B. gentle
C. azure
D. indigenous
Q.39) meek means:
A. vehement
B. philosophical
compact
C.
D. humble
Q.40) trepidation means:
A. a feeling of alarm or dread
B. the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
C. vigorous and enthusiastic
D. a sudden outburst of anger
Q.41) petulant means:
A. redoubtable
B. luscious
C. nuptial
D. irritable
Q.42) espouse means to:
A. buffet
B. adopt
C. wade
D. ignite
Q.43) Which of the following would best be considered fawning?
A. a hunter tracking a deer
B. a chef explaining his recipe
C. a journalist reporting on a war
D. a worker flattering his boss
Q.44) absolve means to:
absolve means to:
A. free
B. chisel
C. impoverish
D. impeach
Q.45) nonchalance means:
A. casually calm and relaxed
B. coherence
C. reliability and integrity
D. immobility; stuck in the mud
Q.46) perjury means:
A. the act of removing or getting rid of something
B. criminal offense of making false statements under oath
C. the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing
D. entry to another's property without right or permission
Q.47) ingenuous means:
A. too sacred to be uttered, holy
B. bent to one side
C. characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; naive, innocent
D. fully ripe
Q.48) exonerate means to:
A. provoke the hostility of
B. pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
C. deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
D. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
Q.49) premonition means:
A. a controversy
B. the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something
C. a strong feeling that something bad is about to happen
D. an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
Q.50) fastidious means:
A. angered at something unjust or wrong
B. furiously angry
C. giving careful attention to detail
D. incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances
Q.51) reverent means:
A. showing great respect for god
B. capable of wounding
C. contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions
D. of a substance, especially a strong acid
Q.52) potency means:
A. an inclination to do charitable acts for others
B. capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects
C. audacious behavior that you have no right to
D. a failing or deficiency that leads to tragic consequences
Q.53) turbulence means:
A. instability in the atmosphere
B. the act of showing affection
C. a feeling of evil to come
D. things that make you comfortable and at ease
Q.54) wary means:
A. untrusting
B. opportunist
C. perfect
D. spatial
Q.55) dissipate means to:
A. to cause to separate and go in different directions
B. try to stir up public opinion
C. influence by slyness
D. to compel or deter by or as if by threats
Q.56) curtail means to:
A. cite as an authority
B. provide with clothes or put clothes on
C. place restrictions on
D. move in an orbit
Q.57) disparage means to:
A. abjure
B. exasperate
C. hoodwink
D. belittle
Q.58) larceny means:
A. isolation
B. immigration
C. theft
D. emergence
Q.59) acrimony means:
A. bitterness
B.
torpor
C. longevity
D. effrontery
Q.60) subversive means:
A. unkempt
B. pliant
C. deterrent
D. disloyal
Q.61) corroborate means to:
A. make off with belongings of others
B. treat or speak of with contempt
C. write out from speech, notes, etc.
C. write out from speech, notes, etc.
D. support with evidence or authority or make more certain
Q.62) deference means:
A. persevering determination to perform a task
B. noticeable heterogeneity
C. preceding in time
D. courteous regarding for people's feelings
Q.63) temperament means:
A. excessive emotionalism or irritability
B. the power to use something or someone
C. the magnitude of something in a particular direction
D. great and constant diligence and attention
Q.64) diffident means:
A. marred or broken
B. reserved or shy
C. humid and warm
D. hazy or unclear
Q.65) mutability means:
A. the quality of being sufficient for the end in view
B. the appearance of truth
C. the quality of being capable of mutation
D. essential equality and interchangeability
Q.66) transcendent means:
A. most powerful or important or influential
B. beyond and outside the ordinary range of human experience
C. without or deprived of the use of speech or words
D. exaggeratedly proper
Q.67) taciturn
A. of colors that are bright and striking
B. furnishing added support
C. wet through and through
D. habitually reserved and uncommunicative
Q.68) iconoclastic means:
A. inducing mental lethargy
B. destructive of images used in religious worship
C. excessively unwilling to spend
D. not straightforward of candid
Q.69) ingrate means:
A. an advocate of anarchism
B. an idle slothful person
C. someone new to a field or activity
D. a person who shows no gratitude
Q.70) recluse means:
A. someone with the power to settle matters at will
B. the leader of 100 soldiers
C. one who lives in solitude
D. an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
Q.71) refute means to:
A. overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
B. supply with an excess of
C. to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
D. make lighter or brighter
Q.72) circumspect means:
A. simulated
B. wary
C.
acoustic
D. concurrent
Q.73) premise means:
A. yoke
B. vent
C. assumption
D. spray
Q.74) voracious means:
A. appearing as such but not necessarily so
B. lacking distinct or individual characteristics
C. excessively greedy and grasping
D. costing nothing
Q.75) thwart means to:
A. let feed in a field or pasture
B. make denser, stronger, or purer
C. throw or cast away
D. hinder or prevent
Q.76) decry means to:
A. treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition
B. teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
C. express strong disapproval of
D. transfer property or ownership
Q.77) Which of the following people would best be described as a recluse?
A. a tycoon
B. a hermit
C. a comedian
D. a dancer
Q.78) ephemeral means:
A. technological
B. impermanent
C. ineffective
D. accessible
Q.79) In which of the following activities is on most likely to use stratagems?
A. knitting a sweater
A. knitting a sweater
B. rowing a boat
C. going grocery shopping
D. playing chess
Q.80) coalesce means to:
A. walk unsteadily
B. engage in passive relaxation
C. make a mess of, destroy or ruin
D. mix together different elements
Q.81) flippant means:
A. frivolous
B. commodious
C. discriminating
D. dauntless
Q.82) fallacious means:
A. tending to vanish like vapor
B. conspicuously and offensively loud
C. containing or based on incorrect reasoning
D. not challenging
Q.83) deplore means to:
A. catch sight of
B. express strong disapproval of
C. do something to an excessive degree
D. give taste to
Q.84) prudent means:
A. suggesting taste, ease, and wealth
B. occurring from time to time
C. completely wanting or lacking
D. careful and sensible
Q.85) temper means:
A. abandon
B. distress
C. misery
D. irritation
Q.86) discord means:
A. the act of buying
B. the act of ceding back
C. act of tuning to for assistance
D. disagreement among those expected to cooperate
Q.87) banal means:
A. officious
B. domineering
C. hale
D. trite