PSAT: Multiple-Meaning Words: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 4

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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  1. application
    the action of putting something into operation
  2. attribute
    a quality belonging to or characteristic of an entity
  3. balance
    harmonious arrangement or relation of parts within a whole
  4. channel
    a deep and relatively narrow body of water
  5. distinction
    a discrimination between things as different
  6. function
    what something is used for
  7. mode
    how something is done or how it happens
  8. outline
    the line that appears to bound an object
  9. peer
    look searchingly
  10. plot
    a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
  11. reflection
    the phenomenon of a wave being thrown back from a surface
  12. selection
    the act of choosing
  13. shift
    move very slightly
  14. solution
    a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances
  15. transport
    move something or somebody around
Created on Thu Jun 05 10:29:57 EDT 2025 (updated Thu Jun 05 10:30:04 EDT 2025)

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