Verb
Adjective
Noun
Nouns!
PSAT Strategies
100

Annihilate

 to destroy or cause devastating destruction

100

direct, blunt

Candid

100

Advocate

someone who promotes or defends something

100

the highest point of something

Apex

100

Can you fail the PSAT?

NO

200

Allude

to make a secretive mention of something

200

Abysmal

extremely bad

200

the act of gaining a skill or possession of something

Acquisition

200

Apprehension

fearful expectation of something

200
Process of Elimination
An educated guess

Process of narrowing down your answer choice to have the best chance at getting the question right

300

to clearly express in words

Articulate

300

Adversarial

 relating to hostile opposition

300

 the arrival or creation of something

Advent

300

Antipathy

 a strong feeling of dislike

300

Letter of the Day

Choosing a letter choice to select when you are stuck or you have to guess

Keeps you moving forward 

400

to support, strengthen, or fortify

Bolster

400

relating to beauty or refined taste

Aesthetic

400

Altercation

a noisy argument or confrontation

400

Anomaly

 something different from the norm

400

What are you going to do on this test?

YOUR BEST

500

Capitalize

to use to your advantage

500

Analogous

 similar but not identical

500

the trait of being honest and frank

Candor

500

the state of being uncertain or stuck between two or more options

Ambivalence

500

If you perform well on the PSAT as a Junior, what honor could you potentially receive?

National Merit Scholar