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SAT Reading & Writing: Hard Words in Context (Drill 1)

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About This Drill

SAT Reading & Writing: Hard Words in Context (Drill 1) 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. Far from being a fixed inheritance, the songs of humpback whales are ______: a population's melodies shift season to season as individuals copy and embellish one another's phrases.

    Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word?
  2. Reviewers expected the novelist's late style to grow ornate, yet her final book is strikingly ______: short declarative sentences, a bare vocabulary, almost no figurative language.

    Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word?
  3. The following text is adapted from Jane Austen's 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice.

    Elizabeth, having rather expected to affront him, was amazed at his gallantry, for he answered her sharp question with nothing but warmth and courtesy.

    As used in the text, what does the word "affront" most nearly mean?
  4. The committee's report was praised as balanced, but critics noted that its recommendations were ______, repeating the cautious consensus of every prior panel without adding a single new proposal.

    Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word?
  5. Skeptics had dismissed the trader's reported gains as ______, insisting the deals existed only on paper, but auditors later matched each one to a real, time-stamped trade in the public ledger.

    Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word?