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SAT Reading & Writing: Hard Words in Context (Drill 9)

Drill 9 · Reading & Writing · Hard Words in Context

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About This Drill

SAT Reading & Writing: Hard Words in Context (Drill 9) is a Reading & Writing practice drill covering Hard Words in Context. It contains 5 original questions created by Brian Stewart, a Barron's test prep author with over 20 years of tutoring experience.

Hard SAT Words in Context questions ask you to choose the word or phrase that most precisely completes the sentence. The answer is rarely an obscure word; difficulty comes from three plausible distractors that all nearly fit, with one signal in the sentence pinning the correct choice.

Questions in This Drill

  1. The early outbreak figures were ______: later case reviews found that limited testing had missed a large share of mild infections.

    Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word?
  2. The archivist's catalog was admired for being ______: every letter, receipt, and marginal note in the collection had its own indexed entry.

    Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word?
  3. The dissent objected that the majority's rule was too ______: stated so broadly, it would reach conduct the case had never contemplated.

    Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word?
  4. The faint signal was nearly ______ in the instrument's own noise: only after months of repeated observation could the team distinguish the star's pulse from random static.

    Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word?
  5. The following text is adapted from Thomas Hardy's 1874 novel Far from the Madding Crowd.

    Gabriel's features adhered throughout their form so exactly to the middle line between the beauty of St. John and the ugliness of Judas Iscariot that not a single lineament could be selected and called worthy either of distinction or notoriety.

    As used in the text, what does the word "worthy" most nearly mean?