{"id":2217,"date":"2022-11-30T13:59:18","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T13:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/?p=2217"},"modified":"2022-12-01T00:01:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T00:01:16","slug":"psat-reading-vocab-in-context-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/psat\/psat-reading-vocab-in-context-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"PSAT Reading: Vocab-in-Context Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vocab-in-Context questions require you to deduce the meaning of a word or phrase by using the context in which the word or phrase appears. You can recognize Vocab-in-Context questions because the wording of the question stem is often like this: \u201cAs used in line 7, \u2018clairvoyant\u2019 most nearly means . . . \u201d<br \/>\n<div   class='hr hr-short hr-center   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_icon_box  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<article  class=\"iconbox iconbox_left_content    avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr  \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class=\"iconbox_icon heading-color\" aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue812' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'  ><\/div><div class=\"iconbox_content\"><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h3 class='iconbox_content_title  '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Expert Tip<\/h3><\/header><div class='iconbox_content_container  '  itemprop=\"text\"  ><p>Some Vocab-in-Context questions ask about infrequently used words that you don\u2019t know or that may not have a common meaning. Approach these questions exactly the same way you would any other Vocab-in-Context question\u2014by using the Kaplan Strategy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><br \/>\n<div   class='hr hr-short hr-center   avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_icon_box  el_before_av_iconlist '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\nKaplan\u2019s Strategy for Vocab-in-Context questions relies heavily on Step 3 of the <a title=\"PSAT Reading: How to Raise Your Score\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/psat\/psat-reading-how-to-raise-your-score\/\">Kaplan Method for Reading Comprehension<\/a>: Predict and answer.<\/p>\n<p>To answer Vocab-in-Context questions efficiently and correctly, employ the following Kaplan Strategy:<\/p>\n<p><div  class='avia-icon-list-container   avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '><ul class='avia-icon-list avia-icon-list-left av-iconlist-big avia_animate_when_almost_visible avia-iconlist-animate'>\n<li><div  class='iconlist_icon  avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='iconlist-char ' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue812' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><\/div><article class=\"article-icon-entry \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='iconlist_content_wrap'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 class='av_iconlist_title iconlist_title   '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Pretend<\/h4><\/header><div class='iconlist_content  '  itemprop=\"text\"  ><p>Pretend the word is a blank in the sentence<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><div class='iconlist-timeline'><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div  class='iconlist_icon  avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='iconlist-char ' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue812' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><\/div><article class=\"article-icon-entry \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='iconlist_content_wrap'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 class='av_iconlist_title iconlist_title   '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Predict<\/h4><\/header><div class='iconlist_content  '  itemprop=\"text\"  ><p>Predict what word could be substituted for the blank<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><div class='iconlist-timeline'><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div  class='iconlist_icon  avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='iconlist-char ' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue812' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><\/div><article class=\"article-icon-entry \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='iconlist_content_wrap'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 class='av_iconlist_title iconlist_title   '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Select<\/h4><\/header><div class='iconlist_content  '  itemprop=\"text\"  ><p>Select the answer choice that best matches your prediction<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><div class='iconlist-timeline'><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><br \/>\nLet\u2019s look at the following example of a test-like passage and question set. After the mapped passage, the left column contains questions similar to those you\u2019ll see on the\u00a0PSAT\u00a0Reading Test on Test Day. The column on the right features the strategic thinking test experts employ when approaching the passage and questions presented. Pay attention to how test experts vary the approach to answer different question types.<br \/>\n<div   class='hr hr-short hr-center   avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_iconlist  el_before_av_icon_box '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<article  class=\"iconbox iconbox_left_content    avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr  \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class=\"iconbox_icon heading-color\" aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue83f' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'  ><\/div><div class=\"iconbox_content\"><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h3 class='iconbox_content_title  '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Remember!<\/h3><\/header><div class='iconbox_content_container  '  itemprop=\"text\"  ><p>PSAT passages often use primary source material, which means the language can seem antiquated to modern readers. In some instances, we have modified this language. Don\u2019t let that distract you from making a Passage Map focusing on the central ideas.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><br \/>\n<div   class='hr hr-short hr-center   avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_icon_box  el_before_av_heading '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_promobox  '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Sample Connections and Vocab-in-Context Questions<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p>\t<div   class='av_promobox  avia-button-no   avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_toggle_container '>\t\t<div class='avia-promocontent'><p>\nQuestions 1-3 are based on the following passage.<\/p>\n<p><em>The following excerpt is from a speech delivered in 1873 by Susan B. Anthony, a leader in the women\u2019s rights movement of the nineteenth century.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Friends and fellow-citizens: I stand before you tonight under indictment for the alleged crime of having voted at the last Presidential election, without having a lawful right to vote. It shall be my work this evening to prove to you that in thus voting, I not only committed no crime, but, instead, \u00b61: voting isn&#8217;t a crimesimply exercised my citizen\u2019s rights, guaranteed to me and all United States citizens by the National Constitution, beyond the power of any State to deny.<br \/>\nThe preamble of the Federal Constitution says: \u201cWe, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common de- fense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was we, the people; not we, the white male \u00b62: Const. guarantees rightcitizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union. And we formed it, not to give the blessings of liberty, but \u00b63: \u201cwe the people\u201d includes womento secure them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of our posterity, but to the whole people\u2014 women as well as men. And it is a downright mockery to talk to women of their enjoyment of the blessings of liberty while they are denied the use of the only means of securing them provided by this democratic-republican government\u2014the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>For any State to make sex a qualification that must ever result in the disfranchisement* of one entire half of the people is a violation of the supreme law of the land. By it the blessings of liberty are forever withheld from women and their female posterity. To them this government had no just powers derived from the consent of the gov- erned. To them this government is not a democracy. It is not a republic. It is an odious aristocracy; a hateful oligarchy of sex; this oligarchy of sex, which makes father, brothers, husband, sons, the oligarchs over the mother and sisters, the wife and daugh- ters of every household\u2014which ordains all men \u00b64: should be unlawful to prevent women from votingsovereigns, all women subjects, carries dissension, discord and rebellion into every home of the na- tion. Webster, Worcester and Bouvier all define a citizen to be a person in the United States, entitled to vote and hold office.<\/p>\n<p>The one question left to be settled now is: Are women persons? And I hardly believe any of our opponents will have the hardihood to say they are not. Being persons, then, women are citizens; and no State has a right to make any law, or to enforce any old law, that shall abridge their privileges or immunities. Hence, every discrimination against \u00b65: women are citizenswomen in the constitutions and laws of the several States is today null and void, precisely as is every one against African Americans.<\/p>\n<p><em>* disfranchisement: to deprive of the right to vote<\/em><\/p>\n<p>1. In line 7, \u201cexercised\u201d most nearly means<br \/>\n(A) used.<br \/>\n(B) practiced.<br \/>\n(C) angered.<br \/>\n(D) trained.<\/p>\n<p>2. The author suggests that without the lawful right to vote, women<br \/>\n(A) can still hold elected office.<br \/>\n(B) cannot be considered citizens.<br \/>\n(C) can still receive the blessings of liberty.<br \/>\n(D) cannot consent to be governed.<\/p>\n<p>3. Based on the passage, which of the following is necessary to secure the blessings of liberty?<br \/>\n(A) A republic<br \/>\n(B) The ballot<br \/>\n(C) A constitution<br \/>\n(D) The people<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div  class=\"togglecontainer   toggle_close_all  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_promobox  el_before_av_hr \" >\n<section class=\"av_toggle_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\"  >    <div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  >        <p data-fake-id=\"#toggle-id-1\" class=\"toggler \"  itemprop=\"headline\"    role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"toggle-id-1\">Strategic Thinking<span class=\"toggle_icon\" >        <span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>        <div id=\"toggle-id-1\" class=\"toggle_wrap \"  >            <div class=\"toggle_content invers-color \"  itemprop=\"text\"   ><p>\u00b61: voting isn&#8217;t a crime<br \/>\n\u00b62: Const. guarantees right<br \/>\n\u00b63: \u201cwe the people\u201d includes women<br \/>\n\u00b64: should be unlawful to prevent women from voting<br \/>\n\u00b65: women are citizens<\/p>\n            <\/div>        <\/div>    <\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div  style='height:25px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_toggle_container  el_before_av_toggle_container '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div  class=\"togglecontainer   toggle_close_all  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr \" >\n<section class=\"av_toggle_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\"  >    <div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  >        <p data-fake-id=\"#toggle-id-2\" class=\"toggler \"  itemprop=\"headline\"    role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"toggle-id-2\">Question 1<span class=\"toggle_icon\" >        <span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>        <div id=\"toggle-id-2\" class=\"toggle_wrap \"  >            <div class=\"toggle_content invers-color \"  itemprop=\"text\"   ><p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Examine the question stem<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>What kind of question is this?<\/em> A Vocab-in-Context question<\/li>\n<li><em>How do you know?<\/em>\u00a0The question uses the phrase \u201cmost nearly means.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Predict and answer<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Pretend \u201cexercised\u201d is blank in the sentence from the passage. What word or phrase can you substitute for the blank?<\/em> Acted within<\/li>\n<li><em>Which answer choice matches your prediction?<\/em> Choice (A)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n            <\/div>        <\/div>    <\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div  style='height:25px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_toggle_container  el_before_av_toggle_container '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div  class=\"togglecontainer   toggle_close_all  avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr \" >\n<section class=\"av_toggle_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\"  >    <div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  >        <p data-fake-id=\"#toggle-id-3\" class=\"toggler \"  itemprop=\"headline\"    role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"toggle-id-3\">Question 2<span class=\"toggle_icon\" >        <span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>        <div id=\"toggle-id-3\" class=\"toggle_wrap \"  >            <div class=\"toggle_content invers-color \"  itemprop=\"text\"   ><p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Examine the question stem<br \/>\n<i><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>What kind of question is this? <\/em>An Implicit Connections question<\/li>\n<li><em>How do you know?<\/em> By using the word \u201csuggests,\u201d the question stem describes a \u201ccause,\u201d so the correct answer must describe an implied effect.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Predict and answer<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i><\/i><em>Which paragraph discusses the results of \u201cdisfranchisement\u201d?\u00a0<\/em>Paragraph 4<\/li>\n<li><i><\/i><em>What is the cause of women not being able to vote, according to the passage?<\/em> Government has no \u201cjust powers derived from the consent . . . \u201d (line 36)<\/li>\n<li><em>Which answer choice best matches this?<\/em> Choice (D)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n            <\/div>        <\/div>    <\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div  style='height:25px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_toggle_container  el_before_av_toggle_container '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div  class=\"togglecontainer   toggle_close_all  avia-builder-el-15  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last \" >\n<section class=\"av_toggle_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\"  >    <div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  >        <p data-fake-id=\"#toggle-id-4\" class=\"toggler \"  itemprop=\"headline\"    role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"toggle-id-4\">Question 3<span class=\"toggle_icon\" >        <span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>        <div id=\"toggle-id-4\" class=\"toggle_wrap \"  >            <div class=\"toggle_content invers-color \"  itemprop=\"text\"   ><p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Examine the question stem<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>What kind of question is this?<\/em> An\u00a0Explicit Connections question<\/li>\n<li><em>How do you know?<\/em>\u00a0Because the question stem is asking for a cause \u201cbased on the passage,\u201d the correct answer must describe a stated cause.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Predict and answer<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Where in the passage does the author discuss this relationship?<\/em> The last sentence of the third paragraph<\/li>\n<li><em>What question describes this relationship?<\/em> What has to happen to secure liberty?<\/li>\n<li><em>Which answer choice best matches this?<\/em> Choice (B)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n            <\/div>        <\/div>    <\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous:<\/strong><a title=\"PSAT Reading: Connections Questions\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/psat\/psat-reading-connections-questions\/\"> PSAT Reading: Connection Questions<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Next:<\/strong> <a title=\"PSAT Writing and Language: Passage Types\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/psat\/psat-writing-and-language-passage-types\/\">PSAT Writing and Language: Passage Types<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vocab-in-Context questions require you to deduce the meaning of a word or phrase by using the context in which the word or phrase appears. 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