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SAT Reading 5.5 Sentence Completion 167 Views
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SAT Reading Sentence Completion Drill 5, Problem 5
Transcript
- 00:03
Here's an unshmoopy question you'll find on an exam somewhere in life...
- 00:06
Which word could fill in the blank so that the sentence below makes sense?
- 00:10
True, unselfish goodness is blank: It is often difficult to find.
- 00:16
And here are the potential answers...
- 00:20
A colon in the sentence usually indicates the
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- 00:22
presence of a definition, so we know we're looking for a word that means "difficult
- 00:28
to find."
- 00:29
Hopefully, the right answer won't be as hard to find as "goodness."
- 00:32
"Abstract" refers to something that's not concrete, so it doesn't fit the bill.
- 00:37
"Tangible" doesn't work either because it means something that can be touched.
- 00:43
The root word "repute" in "reputable" lets us know that it means having a good reputation.
- 00:50
"Obvious" means...well, obviously you know what obvious means.
- 00:56
"Elusive" means hard to capture or find, so it looks like we've found our word.
- 01:01
But will we ever find all the answers we seek?
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