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THIS PSAT VOCABULARY QUIZ IS PERFECT PRACTICE FOR THE REAL TEST
In our third teacher-created PSAT practice test there are new and unique vocabulary terms you may have never heard of! Can you guess what they mean?
Question 1 of 10
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Origin of tool
First recorded before 900; Middle English (noun); Old English tōl; cognate with Old Norse tōl “tools”; akin to taw2
synonym study for tool
1. Tool , implement , instrument , utensil refer to contrivances for doing work. A tool is a contrivance held in and worked by the hand, for assisting the work of (especially) mechanics or laborers: a carpenter's tools. An implement is any tool or contrivance designed or used for a particular purpose: agricultural implements. An instrument is anything used in doing a certain work or producing a certain result, especially such as requires delicacy, accuracy, or precision: surgical or musical instruments. A utensil is especially an article for domestic use: kitchen utensils. When used figuratively of human agency, tool is generally used in a contemptuous sense; instrument , in a neutral or good sense: a tool of unscrupulous men; an instrument of Providence.
OTHER WORDS FROM tool
tooler, nountoolless, adjectivemul·ti·tool, nounun·tooled, adjectiveWords nearby tool
toodle-oo, Tooele, too good to be true, took, Tooke, tool, toolbar, toolbox, tooled up, tool engineering, toolhead
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British Dictionary definitions for tool
tool
/ (tuːl) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of tool
tooler, nountool-less, adjectiveWord Origin for tool
Old English tōl; related to Old Norse tōl weapon, Old English tawian to prepare; see taw ²
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