CRACKING THE CODE

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CRACKING THE CODE
Its ELEMENTARY!
Mastering PSATSentence Completions
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L k for logical relationships!
4 TYPES!

• DEFINITION
• SUPPORT
• CONTRAST
• CAUSE EFFECT

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DEFINITIONALSENTENCES
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1. These criticisms are ______ and are not
directed against anyone in particular.
But BEWARE of INFLAMMABLES!
_____________________
Let the MIGHTY PREFIX help!

1. SPECIFIC
2. IMPERSONAL
3. INACCURATE
4. COWARDLY
5. CRAFTY

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The MIGHTY Prefix
"in" "im" "NOT"
Except when they don't!
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2. Studying to become a doctor can be ____, in
that it often requires long hours of hard work.
_______
_______
long hard

1. ARDUOUS
2. EFFORTLESS
3. IRREGULAR
4. ELUSIVE
5. EXTRAVAGANT

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3. The Southern Stingray is _________ animal that
generally avoids humans as much as possible
Avoid-y
___________
___________

1. A GREGARIOUS
2. A DANGEROUS
3. A NOCTURNAL
4. AN APATHETIC
5. A SHY

NO context!
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4. Prehistoric hunters worked ________ they
helped one another capture mammoths and other big
game animals.
together
___________

1. GARRULOUSLY
2. QUICKLY
3. COOPERATIVELY
4. CLANDESTINELY
5. PASSIVELY

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5. Lauren is a ___________________person, who
has always been willing to help those in need.
selfless, unselfish
_____
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1. ALTRUISTIC
2. ARTICULATE
3. ATTRACTIVE
4. SUPERCILIOUS
5. SELFISH

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6. The queen and her more __________ counselors
wished to avoid the war.
peace-loving
____________

1. BELLIGERENT
2. RECKLESS
3. AGGRESSIVE
4. PACIFIST
5. VERBOSE

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8. The refused to
identify his name and thus remained ________.
philanthropist
guy
___________
nameless
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1. PLIANT
2. NOTORIOUS
3. BOISTEROUS
4. OBLIVIOUS
5. ANONYMOUS

Tip 4 Take out the VERBAL
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Its like Kudzu!
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SCs test VERBAL INFERENCESKILLS

• As a part of our game, we ran twice around the
  cregiendo until we became so trependant that we
  collapsed on the porch.
• 1. A cregiendo is about as big as a
• spider (B) pillow (C) car (D) house (E)
  village
• 2.Can a cregiendo be trependant?

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Far from being an arnacular pastime, numismatics,
or the study of currency, can purnade our
appreciation of the history and economic
development of the nation.
Far from being
or the study of currency

• Arnacular is a/an
• Verb
• Noun
• Adjective
• Adverb
• Preposition
• Pronoun

• Can a person be arnacular?

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Far from being an arnacular pastime, numismatics,
or the study of currency, can purnade our
appreciation of the history and economic
development of the nation.

• Arnacular most nearly means
• invalid
• obsessive
• aimless
• interesting
• foreign
• dangerous

• Purnade is a/an
• verb
• noun
• adjective
• adverb
• preposition
• pronoun

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Far from being an arnacular pastime, numismatics,
or the study of currency, can purnade our
appreciation of the history and economic
development of the nation.

• Is purnading our appreciation of something
  probably a good thing or a bad thing?

• Purnade most nearly means
• undermine
• complicate
• heighten
• clarify
• ignore
• adore

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SUPPORT!
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1. The team was ______ so it was _______with
cheers from its fans.
winning
cheered

1. UNDISCIPLINEDREGALED
2. DEFEATEDPLAGUED
3. FAMOUSEBULLIENT
4. VICTORIOUSREWARDED
5. ECSTATICCHALLENGED

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2. Some criminal investigators believe that
polygraphs will reliably detect deception by
recording difficult to observe reactions such as
_______________ changes in breathing rate or
perspiration rate elicited by a set of questions.
__________
hard to tell

1. MARKED
2. HEIGHTENED
3. SIGNIFICANT
4. UNDETECTABLE
5. SLIGHT

Sucker Bait!
Polygraph a lie DETECTOR
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TRANSLATE!
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3. The building should be ______ not only for its
long recognized architectural merit but also for
its _____ in the history of Black American
theater.
saved
__________________________
merit
VALUE!

1. DESIGNEDROLE
2. COMMISSIONEDUSEFULNESS
3. PRESERVEDIMPORTANCE
4. DEMOLISHEDFUTURE
5. CONSTRUCTEDPLACE