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30 essential vocabulary terms and definitions to know for your PSAT exam

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A

Adaptive Testing

Area and Volume

C

Craft and Structure

E

Equivalent Expressions

Expression of Ideas

I

Inference from Sample Statistics

Infinitely Many Solutions

L

Linear Equations in One Variable

Linear Equations in Two Variables

Linear Inequalities

Lines, Angles, and Triangles

M

Measures of Spread

N

Nonlinear Functions

O

One-Variable Data

P

Problem-Solving and Data Analysis

Pronoun Reference

Proportional Relationships

R

Reading and Writing Section

Right Triangles and Trigonometry

S

Sentence Fragment

Standard English Conventions

Student-Produced Response

Systems of Two Linear Equations in Two Variables

W

Words in Context

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Arts

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World Languages

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