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SAT Reading 6.2 Sentence Completion 171 Views
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SAT Reading Sentence Completion Drill 6, Problem 2
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- 00:03
It was the best of questions; it was the worst of questions...
- 00:07
Which word could fill in the blank so that the sentence below makes sense?
- 00:11
The act of blank doesn't necessarily involve saying something untrue: It can consist simply
- 00:16
of withholding information.
- 00:18
And here are the potential answers...
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- 00:23
This sentence tries to fool us with its whole
- 00:25
"doesn't necessarily involve" shtick, but it can't hide the definition of our missing word.
- 00:30
No matter what it tells us, we know we're looking for an answer choice that means "saying
- 00:36
something untrue." It isn't hard to get rid of (A) and (E),
- 00:40
because "speaking" and "communicating" are both way too neutral.
- 00:44
We can cross out (C) because "guessing" doesn't have much to do with not being untruthful.
- 00:49
Someone might get a little loose with the truth when they exaggerate...
- 00:52
But "exaggerating" doesn't jibe with "withholding the truth."
- 00:56
(D) is the right answer, because a person is "lying" when they're saying something is untrue.
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