<p>does anyone remember the question that some people put the answer as "potential to be exclusive"</p>
<p>also does anyone remember the question involving the "Dark side" in the environmental psychology passage</p>
<p>This isn't really related to the answer, but:
"the exclusivity of jargon shows that there is more to jargon than efficient communication."
Why did they want it to be exclusive?</p>
<p>Ok guys here is an almost complete list of the verified answers to the sentence completions. How did everyone do?
1. ENTHRALLED - loved to read
2. RETICENT - (Thurgood Marshall was forthright in public but reticent in private)
3. IMPECUNIOUS .. AFFLUENT (neither poor or wealthy)
4. CHAGRIN
5. ENDEMIC (wildlife in Australia or New Zealand)
6. EBULLIENCE .. PESSIMISM (group has to rethink their policies because their initial ebullience gave way to pessimism)
7. AMALGAM .. COIN (author combined two names to coin a new name)
8. PROPONENT (a champion)
9. EXTEMPORIZE (about monarch butterflies)
10. COMPLICITY .. EXONERATED (evidence connected person to crime so he/she could not be exonerated)
11. TEPID - little enthusiasm
12. PERSPECTIVES .. ANONYMITY (artist's strange perspectives lead to anonymous figures)
13. HAMPERED (interpretation of data hampered)
14. SEDENTARY (children were confined)
15. TRANQUIL (quiet reading room)
That's it so far. 15 of 19 is pretty good! Would love to have full list but that may be impossible. Looking thru Barron's list of words is a great way to jog your memory.</p>
<p>"The author suggests that paying a professional decorator to find a better spot for the sofa is -
1. A creative though somewhat unorthodox solution to a vexing problem"</p>
<p>How is hiring an interior designer an unorthodox solution? They are a dime a dozen and decorating all of the best homes in America.... Also, the phenomenon was new to me; do people even know that they have this "vexing problem?" Are they losing sleep over the fact that their experience has so conditioned them that they can't decide the best spot for the sofa?</p>
<p>"It's not foreboding. It was welcoming.</p>
<p>And it COULD be provincial - it's a small town in remote parts of a country.</p>
<p>there is no doubt that provincial charm is the answer."</p>
<p>Where in the passage did it say that the towns were "welcoming?" I think you could imply that the people in the tavern and the tavern itself were welcoming, but the towns were either "straggling" or surrounded by walls and turrets. Straggling means spread out; thus, the towns were isolated not only by distance, but by walls and watch towers. Also, based on the towns having walls and the author's diction (like "tavern" versus "restaurant" or "bar"), I am guessing he was British and describing English towns. I picture them at dusk, foggy and a little creepy, very foreboding. However, I will admit that nothing in the passage indicated the towns were foreboding. But nothing indicated they were charming (especially with turrets), either.</p>
<p>I think we should consider that the turrets and wall probably weren't still in use...I picture a charming middle ages village/town with a castle</p>
<p>spartyon, that is exactly what i said. you have straggling village in a dark place as it said and a castle surrounded by a wall and turrets. that is isolated. even the guy you quoted used remote parts meaning isolated. i don't see how that specific description was charming.
oh and do you guys think helthair's curve is accurate because if it is ill be really happy</p>
<p>Hey, which of you guys with the astronauts version had a math experimental? It says that for the test with 4 maths, the math section with Student produced responses was the second to last math section (6), but I remember the SPR's being on the last math section (8). Does anyone remember?</p>
<p>can someone explain to me about the astronaut passage?
I thought the exclusivity pointed out that there is more to jargon than efficient communication.
I think saying astronaut language has a potential to become exclusive is a sort of stretch. I've learned to read the passage literally for the SAT, and I think more to jargon is the answer.</p>
<p>I don't think the question said astronaut language - I think it said more like Jargon (in general) has the potential to become...</p>
<p>well yeah jargon, anyways could you explain?
actually didn't it talk about the jargon general?
that means there's less association to astronaut language then right?</p>
<p>the question was why did some groups use jargon on purpose so others wouldnt understand them.
the answer was that there is more to jargon (the fact that others cant undestand it) than efficient communication</p>
<p>as for the sentence completions i believe i got all the 15 you mentioned though i dont remember the exact words ebullience/pessimism but the idea was the same</p>
<p>also foreboding vs provincial.
wasnt the question asking about the town where the speaker wanted to end his pleasant journey?
wasnt the question kind of like the author saying
"i sure would like to end my long enjoyable journey at a town that has _______"</p>
<p>if it's foreboding, why would the narrator want to be there at the end of the day? Her eagerness should indicate that it's provincial charm.</p>
<p>The tavern was not foreboding, and that's where he wanted to be. He was looking for a companion at that point in order to talk about his journey, and it didn't matter what the town was like. A bar is a bar is a bar, but I guess I get that more because I'm legal.</p>
<p>Like I said earlier, I work for a test prep company. I went to our senior instructors with this question. They reminded me that we have to take only the lines of the passage indicated - NOT the entire passage and what we know about the author. The lines indicated said "walls and turrets" and "straggling village." The instructors all agreed that this was a tough question, because you can say the town is both isolated and provincial. However, in these lines, there is more indication that the town is foreboding than charming. They feel foreboding and isolating is a better choice.</p>
<p>I have to disagree. I remember the town being described with lights that were streaming through the misty darkness, or something like that. It seems that this would convey a sense of welcome rather than foreboding. Also, I saw the walls and turrets as more of a protective, safe place where the narrator could feel secure after his long journey in the dark wilderness.</p>
<p>i agree with azulpanties</p>
<p>but how does charm equate to welcoming. i hope it is isolation because i would still have a chance at an 800 since i have missed 2 so far without that question.</p>
<p>it may not equate directly to welcoming, but it seems like a better choice than foreboding and isolation...anyway, that's just my opinion based on what I put. I guess we'll find out soon enough...</p>
<p>or not soon enough...just kinda soon. 12 days?</p>