PSAT: High Frequency Words: List 5

For PSAT exam, we've gathered a collection of high-frequency vocabulary lists that will likely appear in reading passages and questions. Knowing these terms will boost comprehension and help you answer more confidently and accurately.
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  1. accommodate
    have room for; hold without crowding
  2. malice
    the desire to see others suffer
  3. apprehension
    fearful expectation or anticipation
  4. exploit
    use or manipulate to one's advantage
  5. irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
  6. chronicle
    a record or narrative description of past events
  7. aristocracy
    a privileged class holding hereditary titles
  8. deficit
    an amount that is less than expected or required
  9. surpass
    be or do something to a greater degree
  10. dispatch
    the act of sending off something
  11. hostility
    a state of deep-seated ill-will
  12. denounce
    speak out against
  13. restraint
    the act of controlling by holding someone or something back
  14. benevolent
    showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding
  15. temperament
    your usual mood
Created on Thu Jun 05 15:14:49 EDT 2025

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