PSAT: Multiple-Meaning Words: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 7

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. aggregate
    a sum total of many heterogeneous things taken together
  2. alignment
    the spatial property possessed by things in a straight line
  3. cleave
    separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
  4. configuration
    an arrangement of parts or elements
  5. coordination
    regulation of diverse elements into a harmonious operation
  6. deduction
    the act of removing a part from the whole
  7. depress
    push down
  8. exclusion
    a deliberate act of omission
  9. obscure
    not clearly understood or expressed
  10. protocol
    forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by officials
  11. sanction
    official permission or approval
  12. segment
    one of several parts that fit with others to make a whole
  13. thesis
    an unproved statement advanced as a premise in an argument
  14. transparent
    able to be seen through with clarity
  15. vector
    a quantity that has magnitude and direction
Created on Thu Jun 05 10:34:26 EDT 2025

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