PSAT Vocabulary Quiz

The nervous child ________ a story to distract his teacher from his incomplete homework.

The toddler's ____ tantrums indicated that she might someday pursue a career in theater.

A young, innocent child could easily be described as:

Phoebe felt ___ about her date, because while he was very attractive, he was not very smart.

The ____ woman did everything her unscrupulous boss said, even spreading fabricated rumors.

The ______ teenager had no problem making friends in his new school.

According to Zaroff, to "furnish a repast for the hounds" is to become:

The quiet girl was mistakenly disliked for her ___ attitude, when she was really just demur.

spurious means

The bombastic NBA player had such a ____ attitude that he alienated many of his fans.

We are reminded of the _______ nature of life when time passes by so quickly.

The tightrope walkers reached a __ when they met in the middle and couldn't walk backwards.

ephemeral means

The parents showed _____ when they returned the cell phone to their grounded child.

bombastic means

An artifice is

The stage crew had to move the ____ scenery, so it was a good thing they were big and strong.

When someone is behaving in a recalcitrant way, they are acting

The idealist view that the murderer would confess was too ____for the cynic to believe.

Which of the following words are antonyms?

Which of the following pairs of words are synonymns?

Barton disrupted the class with his breakdancing and was ____ by the teacher for his behavior.