PSAT NMSQT UPDATED STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔jargon - ✔✔special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or
group and are difficult for others to understand.
✔✔juxtapose - ✔✔to place side by side
✔✔laconic - ✔✔using few words
✔✔larceny - ✔✔theft
✔✔latent - ✔✔hidden, present but not realized
✔✔levity - ✔✔lack of seriousness
✔✔libel - ✔✔written defamation
✔✔loquacious - ✔✔talkative
✔✔lucid - ✔✔easy to understand, clear; rational, sane
✔✔lucrative - ✔✔bringing in money; profitable
✔✔marshal - ✔✔arrange in order
✔✔maverick - ✔✔an independent individual who does not go along with a group or
party
✔✔maxim - ✔✔a general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
✔✔misconstrue - ✔✔to interpret wrongly, mistake the meaning of
✔✔monotony - ✔✔lack of variation
✔✔mores - ✔✔fixed customs or manners; moral attitudes
✔✔multifaceted - ✔✔having many faces
✔✔mundane - ✔✔ordinary, commonplace
✔✔myriad - ✔✔a very large number
, ✔✔nadir - ✔✔lowest point
✔✔negate - ✔✔To cancel the effect of; nullify
✔✔neophyte - ✔✔beginner
✔✔nullify - ✔✔to counter; make unimportant
✔✔obsolescent - ✔✔going out of use; becoming obsolete
✔✔opulence - ✔✔wealth
✔✔panacea - ✔✔a remedy for all ills; cure-all; an answer to all problems
✔✔pandemonium - ✔✔wild uproar
✔✔parable - ✔✔A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson
✔✔parochial - ✔✔local; narrow; limited
✔✔partisan - ✔✔a strong supporter of a party, cause, or person
✔✔penitent - ✔✔expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
✔✔peremptory - ✔✔leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal
✔✔peruse - ✔✔to read carefully
✔✔perverse - ✔✔stubbornly doing something other than what is reasonable or required
✔✔phlegmatic - ✔✔slow-moving, sluggish; unemotional
✔✔pious - ✔✔devoutly religious
✔✔pique - ✔✔to cause resentment; to provoke
✔✔pivotal - ✔✔crucial
✔✔polemical - ✔✔controversial; argumentative
✔✔pragmatic - ✔✔practical, as opposed to idealistic
✔✔preeminent - ✔✔famous; outstanding
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔jargon - ✔✔special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or
group and are difficult for others to understand.
✔✔juxtapose - ✔✔to place side by side
✔✔laconic - ✔✔using few words
✔✔larceny - ✔✔theft
✔✔latent - ✔✔hidden, present but not realized
✔✔levity - ✔✔lack of seriousness
✔✔libel - ✔✔written defamation
✔✔loquacious - ✔✔talkative
✔✔lucid - ✔✔easy to understand, clear; rational, sane
✔✔lucrative - ✔✔bringing in money; profitable
✔✔marshal - ✔✔arrange in order
✔✔maverick - ✔✔an independent individual who does not go along with a group or
party
✔✔maxim - ✔✔a general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying
✔✔misconstrue - ✔✔to interpret wrongly, mistake the meaning of
✔✔monotony - ✔✔lack of variation
✔✔mores - ✔✔fixed customs or manners; moral attitudes
✔✔multifaceted - ✔✔having many faces
✔✔mundane - ✔✔ordinary, commonplace
✔✔myriad - ✔✔a very large number
, ✔✔nadir - ✔✔lowest point
✔✔negate - ✔✔To cancel the effect of; nullify
✔✔neophyte - ✔✔beginner
✔✔nullify - ✔✔to counter; make unimportant
✔✔obsolescent - ✔✔going out of use; becoming obsolete
✔✔opulence - ✔✔wealth
✔✔panacea - ✔✔a remedy for all ills; cure-all; an answer to all problems
✔✔pandemonium - ✔✔wild uproar
✔✔parable - ✔✔A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson
✔✔parochial - ✔✔local; narrow; limited
✔✔partisan - ✔✔a strong supporter of a party, cause, or person
✔✔penitent - ✔✔expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
✔✔peremptory - ✔✔leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal
✔✔peruse - ✔✔to read carefully
✔✔perverse - ✔✔stubbornly doing something other than what is reasonable or required
✔✔phlegmatic - ✔✔slow-moving, sluggish; unemotional
✔✔pious - ✔✔devoutly religious
✔✔pique - ✔✔to cause resentment; to provoke
✔✔pivotal - ✔✔crucial
✔✔polemical - ✔✔controversial; argumentative
✔✔pragmatic - ✔✔practical, as opposed to idealistic
✔✔preeminent - ✔✔famous; outstanding
