PSAT: Multiple-Meaning Words: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1

We've identified 100 high-frequency, multiple-meaning words of the sort that you'll see on the exam. As you practice this list, you'll have to rely on context clues in order to determine each word’s meaning in a particular sentence.
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words only definitions & notes
  1. authority
    the power or right to give orders or make decisions
  2. condition
    a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing
  3. expression
    the communication of your beliefs or opinions
  4. figure
    alternate name for the body of a human being
  5. interest
    a sense of concern with and curiosity about something
  6. issue
    some situation or event that is thought about
  7. object
    a tangible and visible entity
  8. passage
    the act of moving from one state or place to the next
  9. period
    an amount of time
  10. position
    the particular part of space occupied by something
  11. principle
    a basic generalization that is accepted as true
  12. rate
    a quantity considered as a proportion of another quantity
  13. state
    the way something is with respect to its main attributes
  14. subject
    some situation or event that is thought about
  15. tone
    the distinctive property of a complex sound
Created on Thu Jun 05 10:28:51 EDT 2025

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