Practice Flashcards: PSAT Reading — what the sentence makes the word mean | Zestly

Question 1

Contextual meaning vs. Dictionary definition

Accepted Answer

A word's meaning in a passage is fixed by the surrounding sentences, which often override the most common dictionary definition.

Question 2

Distrusting common meanings

Accepted Answer

If a word has a very common everyday meaning, it is often used in a different, less common sense in a test passage to challenge the reader.

Question 3

Meaning vs. Strength

Accepted Answer

A word may fit the general meaning of a sentence but be the wrong strength (e.g., too absolute or too weak for the context).

Question 4

Substitution test

Question 5

Two-word phrase meaning

Question 6

Handling equally good options

Question 7

Tone as a clue

Question 8

Identifying distractors

Question 9

Logical consistency

Question 10

Precision in completion

Question 11

Analyzing the writer's intent

Question 12

Elimination strategy