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Example Question #442 : Parts Of Speech In One Blank Sentences
Answer the following sample question. Select the word or pair of words that most correctly completes the sentence.
My paper is too long, so I'll need to __________ some of the longer paragraphs.
patent
truncate
curate
rescind
hinder
truncate
"Truncate" means to shorten or abbreviate. "Hinder" means to prevent or slow down. "Rescind" means to declare null and void. "Patent" means to secure a copyright on an invention. "Curate" means to gather items or data for presentation.
Example Question #1901 : Sat Critical Reading
Answer the following sample question. Select the word or pair of words that most correctly completes the sentence.
As the sailors crossed the vast sea, they were constantly __________ by large tempests and huge waves.
corroborated
hindered
kindled
belittled
eschewed
hindered
"Hinder" means to prevent or slow down. "Belittle" means to criticize or detract. "Kindle" means excite or ignite. "Eschew" means to avoid, shun, or have nothing to do with. "Corroborate" means to authenticate or confirm.
Example Question #443 : Parts Of Speech In One Blank Sentences
Answer the following sample question. Select the word or pair of words that most correctly completes the sentence.
Some people want nothing more out of life than to __________ huge wealth.
rant
mollify
amass
abridge
laud
amass
"Amass" means to gather or accumulate. "Abridge" means to shorten, abbreviate, or truncate. "Laud" means to acclaim or praise. "Mollify" means to calm or pacify. "Rant" means to yell or rave.
Example Question #441 : Parts Of Speech In One Blank Sentences
Select the word or word pair that best completes the sentence.
Tired of seeing my two best friends fight, I finally sat down with them together to try to __________ the situation.
allocate
assimilate
ameliorate
arouse
ameliorate
If your friends were fighting you would want to make the situation better. This is the sense of "ameliorate." The same sense is carried by the less-common form, "meliorate" (sometimes a prefixed "a" will make a word mean its opposite—as in "moral" and "amoral," but in this case "ameliorate" and "meliorate" both mean to make better).
Example Question #1436 : Psat Critical Reading
Answer the following sample question. Select the word or pair of words that most correctly completes the sentence.
Mel's annual salary will be __________ by a sizable performance bonus this year.
extolled
exacerbated
deviated
honed
augmented
augmented
"Augment" means to enlarge or extend. "Hone" means to sharpen or file. "Exacerbate" means to complicate or worsen. "Extol" means to celebrate or glorify. "Deviate" means to detour or change course.
Example Question #63 : Verbs In One Blank Sentences
Answer the following sample question. Select the word or pair of words that most correctly completes the sentence.
Many Native American tribes would __________ along the river to trade and hold festivals during the summer months.
converge
expedite
ameliorate
belie
distend
converge
"Converge" means to congregate or gather together. "Ameliorate" means to make better or refine. "Belie" means to misrepresent or mislead. "Distend" means to become larger and rounder from internal pressure. "Expedite" means to cause something to happen faster.
Example Question #1901 : Sat Critical Reading
Answer the following sample question. Select the word or pair of words that most correctly completes the sentence.
Tom secretly hoped to once again __________ a romance with Jasmine this winter.
jeopardize
juxtapose
pilfer
kindle
scrutinize
kindle
"Kindle" means to ignite or light. "Jeopardize" means to risk or imperil. "Pilfer" means to steal or rip off. "Juxtapose" means to place two or more things side-by-side for comparison. "Scrutinize" means to scan or review in detail.
Example Question #1903 : Sat Critical Reading
Answer the following sample question. Select the word or pair of words that most correctly completes the sentence.
The defendant hoped to __________ his guilty conscious by confessing to all his crimes.
inhibit
assuage
waver
emulate
cadge
assuage
"Assuage" means to soothe or relieve. "Waver" means to shift back and forth or be indecisive. "Inhibit" means to restrict or inhibit. "Cadge" means to beg or scrounge. "Emulate" means to imitate the actions of someone or something.
Example Question #1902 : Sat Critical Reading
Answer the following sample question. Select the word or pair of words that most correctly completes the sentence.
The detective hoped to __________ as much information as he could from the missing man's diary.
glean
aver
feign
desiccate
obviate
glean
"Glean" means to pick out or collect. "Obviate" means to make unneccesary. "Feign" means to pretend or fake. "Desiccate" means to dehydrate or dry out. "Aver" means to assert or maintain.
Example Question #1904 : Sat Critical Reading
The majority of the country was opposed to the war, hoping that differences between the nations would soon be __________.
obscured
mystified
enticed
reconciled
propagated
reconciled
The people want the war to stop, so it is best to assume that they want the disputes between the nation to be resolved. The answer choice that most clearly displays this meaning is reconciled.
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