If you come across any unfamiliar words below, look them up in a dictionary for your future knowledge after you have completed these sentence completion questions. We have made a conscious effort to use many of the commonly-used SAT vocabulary words.
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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
His _____ sense of humor caused more _____ than he must have intended.
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B. The clue word in this sentence is “caused”. The speaker had some unintended effect on his audience. Wry means dry or twisted humor and confusion would certainly be a potential unintended effect from this speaking style. Hopefully, you were able to use process of elimination on many of these answer choices as the dual words doubles the chances you will know the meaning of at least one of the words and be able to eliminate the answer choice if it does not fit.
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B. The clue word in this sentence is “caused”. The speaker had some unintended effect on his audience. Wry means dry or twisted humor and confusion would certainly be a potential unintended effect from this speaking style. Hopefully, you were able to use process of elimination on many of these answer choices as the dual words doubles the chances you will know the meaning of at least one of the words and be able to eliminate the answer choice if it does not fit.
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B. The clue word in this sentence is “caused”. The speaker had some unintended effect on his audience. Wry means dry or twisted humor and confusion would certainly be a potential unintended effect from this speaking style. Hopefully, you were able to use process of elimination on many of these answer choices as the dual words doubles the chances you will know the meaning of at least one of the words and be able to eliminate the answer choice if it does not fit.
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
Because Jim was generally ______ on the football field, he was genuinely touched by the amount of praise he received for his game-winning touchdown.
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E. This sentence’s clue word is “because”. Unheralded means unappreciated or unnoticed. Clearly Jim was not the star of this team and was not used to receiving accolades.
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E. This sentence’s clue word is “because”. Unheralded means unappreciated or unnoticed. Clearly Jim was not the star of this team and was not used to receiving accolades.
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E. This sentence’s clue word is “because”. Unheralded means unappreciated or unnoticed. Clearly Jim was not the star of this team and was not used to receiving accolades.
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
Although the professor was quite prominent in her field, she wore an air of ____ while lecturing her students.
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C. Although is the clue word. Choice A may have confused you if you mistook unanimity with anonymity. This is an example of 2 words that are similar in appearance and enunciation, but vastly different in meaning. This is also another reason you should examine all 5 answer choices in the SAT’s sentence completion sections.
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C. Although is the clue word. Choice A may have confused you if you mistook unanimity with anonymity. This is an example of 2 words that are similar in appearance and enunciation, but vastly different in meaning. This is also another reason you should examine all 5 answer choices in the SAT’s sentence completion sections.
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C. Although is the clue word. Choice A may have confused you if you mistook unanimity with anonymity. This is an example of 2 words that are similar in appearance and enunciation, but vastly different in meaning. This is also another reason you should examine all 5 answer choices in the SAT’s sentence completion sections.
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
Don’t ____; you have to get over your disappointment and get on with your life.
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D. Did you notice the negative in “Don’t”? If you missed this, you probably selected choice C (rejoice). Choice B may have appeared inviting if you confused the meaning of the verb “temper” with its meaning as a noun. (As a verb, it means to make less extreme.)
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D. Did you notice the negative in “Don’t”? If you missed this, you probably selected choice C (rejoice). Choice B may have appeared inviting if you confused the meaning of the verb “temper” with its meaning as a noun. (As a verb, it means to make less extreme.)
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D. Did you notice the negative in “Don’t”? If you missed this, you probably selected choice C (rejoice). Choice B may have appeared inviting if you confused the meaning of the verb “temper” with its meaning as a noun. (As a verb, it means to make less extreme.)
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
While the winemakers were exhausted at the end of their first season, they took _____ in the fact that the vines would require much less effort in the coming years.
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A. The clue word was “While”. Solace means relief. The other answer choices simply do not work. Hopefully, you didn’t waste any time trying to determine why they didn’t work. It’s a simple fact of life that many of the choices you will see on the SAT just do not make any sense and it’s not worth losing sleep over.
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A. The clue word was “While”. Solace means relief. The other answer choices simply do not work. Hopefully, you didn’t waste any time trying to determine why they didn’t work. It’s a simple fact of life that many of the choices you will see on the SAT just do not make any sense and it’s not worth losing sleep over.
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A. The clue word was “While”. Solace means relief. The other answer choices simply do not work. Hopefully, you didn’t waste any time trying to determine why they didn’t work. It’s a simple fact of life that many of the choices you will see on the SAT just do not make any sense and it’s not worth losing sleep over.