PSAT 2010 Saturday Critical Reading Discussion

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<p>I’m positive that the question was “Alvarez is not as _________ as his friends, he instead tends to flout tradition etc.”
So the answer must have been punctilious. </p>

<p>If the answer were indecorous, the sentence would have been “Alvarez is more ____ than his friends; he tends to flout tradition etc.”</p>

<p>Indecorous means bad-mannered, punctilious means good-mannered, for the purposes of this question.</p>

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<p>Alvarez is less _________ than his friends as he intends to flout tradition and carp usual conventions.
con
1)indecorous X
2) intuitive O
3) inventive X
4) Combative X
5) punctilious O</p>

<p>intuitive - following the usual convention; adhering to one’s normal feelings; adhering to conventions.</p>

<p>less intuitive: flout tradition and carp conventions.
punctilious: Showing great attention to detail or correct behavior
Punctilious can also be an answer as in, he is not good behaviored because he hates traditions and scorn conventions.</p>

<p>I don’t know which choice is more correct!
Opinions guys? Thanks.</p>

<p>And I understand the broach now. That means I got a mistake in CR. I hope it stays that way!!! :D</p>

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<p>in·tu·i·tive   
[in-too-i-tiv, -tyoo-] Show IPA
–adjective
1.
perceiving by intuition, as a person or the mind.
2.
perceived by, resulting from, or involving intuition: intuitive knowledge.
3.
having or possessing intuition: an intuitive person.
4.
capable of being perceived or known by intuition.</p>

<p>What are you smoking?</p>

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<p>in·tu·i·tion   
[in-too-ish-uhn, -tyoo-] Show IPA
–noun
1.
direct perception of truth, fact, etc., independent of any reasoning process; immediate apprehension.
2.
a fact, truth, etc., perceived in this way.
3.
a keen and quick insight.
4.
the quality or ability of having such direct perception or quick insight.
5.
Philosophy .
a.
an immediate cognition of an object not inferred or determined by a previous cognition of the same object.
b.
any object or truth so discerned.
c.
pure, untaught, noninferential knowledge.
6.
Linguistics . the ability of the native speaker to make linguistic judgments, as of the grammaticality, ambiguity, equivalence, or nonequivalence of sentences, deriving from the speaker’s native-language competence.
Origin: </p>

<p>You fail sire.</p>

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<p>daz not good.
i got punctilious, broach wrong.
godammit</p>

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<p>Does anyone know what the choices were for the critic. I’m pretty sure I put Charitable/Disparaging , I just want to make sure!</p>

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<p>Nah, it’s definitely punctilious. And it’s definitely broach.
Dammit, I put the corrupt lawyer one. but it’s WRONG.</p>

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<p>yeah, it’s charitable/disparaging.</p>

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<p>@grace Actually, you’re the one who’s wrong. “Erect” can also mean to put up or set up something. For example “Ashoka erected the pillars of edicts so citizens could read the laws as they passed to their jobs.” or “Hitler erected a statue of himself, placing it next to the Berlin Wall.” or “The group erected a colorful poster for the project.”</p>

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<p>We put erect.</p>

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<p>I also put erect. It never mentioned in the passage that the group brought the subject up for the first time. The group was obviously around for a long time so it wouldn’t make sense that they brought the subject up for the first time.</p>

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<p>I’m pretty sure it’s broach because you don’t “erect a topic”. You can “erect a pillar”, but the word broach is used to bring up a topic.</p>

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<p>Now that I think about it, broach was probably right. It just doesn’t make sense that an organization would bring up a topic for the first time when they’ve been around for a while and they obviously opposed GM crops.</p>

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<p>The answer is definitely broach. Erect in that context would require way too abstract of a definition to actually work, and it wasn’t a poetic piece.</p>

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<p>the group was around for a long time but the ‘idea’ wasn’t.
then I guess it’s settled. the answer was broach.</p>

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<p><code>Erect</code> can also mean <code>to establish</code>: “erect a dynasty”</p>

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<p>They weren’t establishing an idea, they were delving into it, therefore the answer’s broach.</p>

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<p>haha the answer is DEFINITELY broach, which means to bring up as a topic of discussion</p>

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<p>I put broach too.</p>