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About This Drill
SAT Reading & Writing: Hard Words in Context (Drill 2) 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
- The new wing was meant to complement the old building, but its mirrored glass clashed so badly with the brick that the addition looked ______ rather than integrated.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word?
- Although the executive's memoir promised candor, reviewers found it ______: every controversy of her career was either omitted or recast to her credit.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word?
- The following text is adapted from Oscar Wilde's 1890 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.
He was always late on principle, holding that punctuality is the thief of time and refusing on those grounds to hurry for anyone.
As used in the text, what does the word "principle" most nearly mean?
- Paleontologists once read the creature's long claws as evidence of predation, but newer analysis suggests their function was ______: they served mainly to strip leaves from high branches.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word?
- The grant panel found the proposal ______: bold in its aims but vague about methods, full of promises but silent on how any of them would be tested.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word?