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SAT Reading 5.7 Sentence Completion 175 Views
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SAT Reading Sentence Completion Drill 5, Problem 7
Transcript
- 00:03
If we only had a brain...
- 00:06
...Oh wait...we do. Which word could fill in the blank so that
- 00:09
the sentence below makes sense?
- 00:11
Although the family seemed dysfunctional, resentful, and competitive, its members ultimately
- 00:16
blank one another.
Full Transcript
- 00:21
And here are the potential answers...
- 00:28
"Although" means that the missing word needs to be an antonym for "dysfunctional," "resentful," and "competitive."
- 00:36
Though basically, we're looking for a positive word that helps us get across the idea that
- 00:41
the family members are cool with each other...
- 00:43
...even if they don't act like it most of the time.
- 00:47
"Antagonized" means provoked dislike with hostile behavior.
- 00:55
Being "Spoiled" doesn't exactly have a good connotation either, so (B) is off the list as well.
- 01:00
When people are "estranged," they're alienated from each other because of massive
- 01:05
disagreements or hostility.
- 01:07
Notice the root word "strange" in there? When people are estranged it's kind of like
- 01:12
they've become strangers to each other.
- 01:14
"Estranged" definitely doesn't have the positive connotations we're looking for. Keep going.
- 01:19
"Isolated" goes hand in hand with "estranged" so we know it doesn't work either.
- 01:25
Since "doted on" means adored, (C) is the right answer...
- 01:29
A random love pile, on the other hand, is the wrong answer.
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