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SAT Reading & Writing: Hard Words in Context (Drill 26)

Drill 26 · Reading & Writing · Hard Words in Context

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About This Drill

SAT Reading & Writing: Hard Words in Context (Drill 26) 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. Food chemists distinguish shelf-stable goods from ______ ones: the latter, lacking preservatives or a sealed environment, begin to spoil within days and must be refrigerated or eaten quickly.

    Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word?
  2. The following text is adapted from George Eliot's 1860 novel The Mill on the Floss.

    She sank into a comfortable sleep, lulled by the thought that she would talk everything over with her sister to-morrow; for it seemed impossible that past events should be so obstinate as to remain unmodified when they were complained against.

    As used in the text, what does the word "obstinate" most nearly mean?
  3. Because so few specimens survive from that interval, claims about when the lineage first appeared remain ______: each new fossil can push the earliest known date back by millions of years and overturn the prevailing estimate.

    Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word?
  4. The restoration team rejected the gilded scheme proposed by the previous century and returned the chapel to its original ______ interior: bare stone, undecorated walls, and not a single ornament.

    Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word?
  5. Aftershock sequences rarely decline on a smooth schedule; the intervals between tremors are often ______, with long quiet stretches broken without warning by sudden clusters.

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