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About This Drill
SAT Reading & Writing: Hard Words in Context (Drill 24) 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
- A bare bulb throws hard-edged shadows, but behind frosted glass the same light grows ______, scattering in many directions until the shadows soften to almost nothing.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word?
- With no survey data for the continent's interior, the mapmaker's rivers there were frankly ______, inked in from travelers' rumors rather than any measured course.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word?
- The following text is adapted from Ann Radcliffe's 1794 novel The Mysteries of Udolpho.
Emily, observing him in silence, saw that his countenance was darker and sterner than usual, and from its altered look she tried to read the thoughts he would not speak.
As used in the text, what does the word "countenance" most nearly mean?
- Rather than paving the plaza with solid concrete, the designers chose a ______ surface of gravel and open joints, letting rainwater sink through instead of pooling on top.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word?
- The clownfish and the anemone live in a ______ arrangement: the fish gains shelter among the stinging tentacles while ridding its host of parasites, so both partners benefit.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word?