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About This Drill
SAT Reading & Writing: Words in Context (Drill 4) is a Reading & Writing practice drill covering 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.
SAT Words in Context questions ask you to select the most precise and logical word to complete each sentence based on the surrounding context. This drill includes challenging vocabulary from humanities and science passages where multiple choices may seem plausible.
Questions in This Drill
- Monk's compositions feature unexpected harmonic choices that initially ________ listeners accustomed to conventional progressions. Over repeated listenings, many come to appreciate the internal logic.
Which is the most logical and precise word?
- Researchers say the bee population decline is not attributable to any single cause but is ________: pesticide exposure, habitat loss, disease, and climate change all interact.
Which is the most logical and precise word?
- From Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment: The character was 'crushed by poverty' but 'even his straitened position had ceased to weigh upon him.'
What does 'straitened' most nearly mean?
- Rotterdam has embraced an ________ approach to flood management: rather than building higher sea walls, the city designed parks, plazas, and garages that absorb excess rainwater.
Which is the most logical and precise word?
- Although Hilma af Klint's early-1900s paintings are now recognized as pioneering abstract art, they were virtually ________ during her lifetime. She stipulated they not be shown until 20 years after her death.
Which is the most logical and precise word?