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Week One PSAT
Week One PSAT Princeton Review
Question | Answer |
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candid | D-completely honestE- His candid explination of my performance helped me understand why I did not win the competition. |
conjecture | D-inference, guessworkE- Often, people's opinions are based on conjecture, rather than what actually happened. |
didactic | D-instructiveE-Today's class on Romeo and Juliet was truly didactic, my understanding of Act 1 is much more clear. |
euphemism | D- mild or vague term, substituting for an offensive termE- "To fall on hard times" is a euphemism for having financial struggles. |
extrapolate | D-to infer or estimate by extending known informationE- In Romeo and Juliet, there are many metaphors, so readers must extrapolate information about the characters. |
incoherent | D- lacking cohesion or connectionE- After he hit his head on the ice, his sentences were incoherent because he only said every third word. |
insinuate | D-To introduce or communicate stealthilyE- Sherry insinuated that Sally stole herwallet by pointing to her bag and asking why it was bigger than it was before. |
lucid | D- easily understoodE- When teaching math, it is important to provide lucid explinations and several examples so students understand why and how to compelte the problems. |
rhetoric | D- the art of using language effectively and persuasivelyE- Ms. Carel's rhetoric when talking about Shakespeare is impressive because she has been studying the topic for more than two decades. |