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SAT Reading 4.7 Sentence Completion 173 Views
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SAT Reading Sentence Completion Drill 4, Problem 7
Transcript
- 00:03
Table for two. Shmoop a l'orange.
- 00:07
Which word could fill in the blank so that
- 00:09
the sentence below makes sense?
- 00:11
In order to make raisins, the grapes had to be blank: They were laid out in the sun until
- 00:15
they were thoroughly dried out.
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- 00:20
And here are the potential answers...
- 00:26
This one gives us the definition of our missing word in the sentence itself, so we know we're
- 00:29
looking for a word that's a synonym for "dried out."
- 00:33
Synonym, like same as...similar as.
- 00:37
Mm, old, dried up grapes. What's not to love about nature's candy?
- 00:42
We can eliminate (D) immediately because "sated" means to be satisfied...
- 00:49
Which it's next to impossible to achieve on raisins alone.
- 00:53
"Enervated" is something we would likely experience if we went on the raisin diet plan.
- 00:58
Unless you're a squirrel or something.
- 01:02
"Prevaricated"—like its similar-sounding synonym "equivocated" means to have avoided
- 01:09
telling the truth...
- 01:11
Which we might do with our doctor if we were ashamed of our dubious raisin diet plan.
- 01:15
The prefix "pro" in "propitiated" clues us in to its meaning of having tried to gain
- 01:21
favor, so we know it has nothing to do with anything.
- 01:27
"Desiccated" means dehydrated or dried out, so (E) is the correct answer.
- 01:32
"Dessicated"... wow... just doesn't sound that appetizing, does it?
- 01:38
Whoever decided to name them "raisins" instead of "desiccated grapes"...
- 01:42
...really good call there dude.
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