November 2008 SAT Critical Reading

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<p>Wrongheaded/chicanery was right, I believe.</p>

162

<p>how about the one with notorious.,… sophistry. was that the right answer?</p>

163

<p>^ i dont think so?
for the mozart sc, why is it correct as is? I just thought that putting a colon was inappropriate u needed to put a semicolon?</p>

164

<p>that’s what I got, bluewatermelon</p>

165

<p>Wait no, was discernment an answer?</p>

166

<p>oh good. i think its right because the question was about him being able to manipulate people</p>

<p>EDIT: i don’t want to cite the question exactly because i don’t want to get DQ’d!</p>

167

<p>I remember I had notorious . . . sophistry as an answer, but it’s not looking like others did</p>

168

<p>I also had notorious and sophistry.</p>

169

<p>Sophistry isn’t right, it means sophisticated, like a Sophist in Greece. </p>

<p>I got an 800 CR in June and felt like this was way harder. The vocabulary was a huuuuuuuuge b1tcH.</p>

170

<p>Hmm, sophistry - subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation.</p>

<p>I reasoned that he was notorious because he used sophistry.</p>

171

<p>hm… what were the answer choices for the notorious…sophistry question?
i dont remember whether i put that or not i was either between that answer or another one.</p>

172

<p>or should i say-what was the question?lol</p>

173

<p>I think I put answer A for the notorious…sophistry question
I believe the first word was renowned…</p>

174

<p>Sophistry does NOT mean sophistication… it’s more like subtle trickery, thus why someone would be renowned for sophistry in negotiations or whatever.</p>

175

<p>sophistry doesn’t mean sophisticated, it means slyly manipulative…</p>

176

<p>it was something about a kid being able to use good judgment…so i put the one with “judicious”.probably wrong thouh,but notorius just doesnt sound right-the kid was doing a good thing.</p>

177

<p>eevann is right. i believe it is renowned…discerning or something like that.</p>

178

<p>Discerning was a SC, but it was on a question about using a telescope to see other galaxies…</p>

<p>Notorious/sophistry seems to work for me.</p>

179

<p>yeah my main problem was with the connotation of the first word
the connotation of notorious just didn’t feel right</p>

180

<p>What was the other choices for the sophistry/notorious question? Does anyone know the answer?</p>