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College Board PSAT-READING Exam (page: 9)
College Board Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test - Reading
Updated on: 15-Feb-2026

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PSAT-READING PDF 256 Questions

With speculative investments like oil wells and horse races, money is more easily made or lost; the gain is ____________ with the risk.

  1. less
  2. greater
  3. equal
  4. better
  5. commensurate

Answer(s): E

Explanation:

In speculation, a gain is not necessarily greater or less or better with risk. It may occasionally be equal with the risk, but it is most usually commensurate (corresponding in extent of degree) with it.



To tremble in the face of a storm is to ____________ .

  1. glower
  2. cower
  3. shower
  4. tower
  5. flower

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

"To tremble in the face of a storm" is to show fear or discomfort in a special way. Glower (to stare or scowl with sullen anger) does not connote fear or trembling; neither do shower, tower, or flower. To cower is to crouch, as from fear or cold, or to shrink and tremble.



Eleanor steadfastly refused to change her stubborn ways; she remained ____________ to the end.

  1. embattled
  2. regurgitating
  3. recalcitrant
  4. decalcified
  5. concomitant

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

Embattled (fighting), regurgitating (bringing partly digested food back to the mouth), decalcified (having calcium removed from the system), and concomitant (accompanying, attendant) do not in any way suggest a steadfast refusal to submit to change. The only possible choice is recalcitrant (refusing to obey authority, stubbornly defiant)



Benjamin Franklin said that ____________ is not always a virtue; there are times when you must speak up for yourself.

  1. pride
  2. forthrightness
  3. sham
  4. prudery
  5. modesty

Answer(s): E

Explanation:

The context of this sentence suggests that "not speaking up for yourself" is not always good; in other words, the missing term has something to do with self-effacement. Only modesty can fill this gap properly.



They ____________ their offer of aid when they became disillusioned with the project

  1. expanded
  2. redoubled
  3. bolstered
  4. constrained
  5. rescinded

Answer(s): E

Explanation:

The sentence describes people who are disillusioned with a project. They are therefore most likely to rescind, or withdraw, their offer of aid.



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