Sentence Completion Marathon

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<p>Because the "SAT Math Problems Thread" has existed and has been active for 3 months, I think I should start this marathon-like thread just to help students practice and get ready for their upcoming SAT('s). This thread is almost like the "Question of the Day" from the College Board website, except we make up our own sentences. </p>

<p>In this thread, we (members of CC) continuously create new sentences each day / after each few posts to allow students to practice more and more and get better. So please feel free to make up your own sentences after the preceding sentences have been answered correctly and understood. And please attempt each problem!</p>

<p>Let's hope this Marathon works! I guess I'll start:</p>

<p>The chemistry teacher gave a [ ], or concise instruction to the students so that they can absorb important concepts quickly.</p>

<p>(A) archaic
(B) tenacious
(C) analogous
(D) succinct
(E) verbose</p>

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<p>I took 15/19 in my last SAT.(Idk why I am saying that)
The chemistry teacher gave a [ ], or concise instruction to the students so that they can absorb important concepts quickly.</p>

<p>(A) archaic means old
(B) tenacious means stubborn in a good way , not giving up easily
© analogous similar
(D) succinct short THIS IS IT.
(E) verbose The exact opposite of short</p>

<p>The answer is (D).</p>

<p>When the teacher asked her reticent students about their thoughts on the summer vacation, she recieved a/an [ ] of answers.</p>

<p>(A) Plethora
(B) Paucity
© Myriad
(D) Ample
(E) Plenty</p>

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<p>The key word is “reticent,” meaning shy. (A), ©, (D), and (E) all mean “a lot.” (B) means scarcity, or shortage, or not a lot. The teacher would not receive a lot of answers from shy students, so (B) makes the most sense here.</p>

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<p>Yup.</p>

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<p>I think that to improve these SCs, it’d be best not to make the answer stand out, for example:

[quote]

When the teacher asked her reticent students about their thoughts on the summer vacation, she recieved a/an [ ] of answers.</p>

<p>(A) Plethora
(B) Paucity
© Myriad //we can see here that plethora, ample, plenty give it away that it must be the opposite
(D) Ample //answer, otherwise they would all be correct (SAT format wouldn’t do that)
(E) Plenty</p>

<p>But other than that, I think it’s all great</p>

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<p>@medicsz
When I wrote this question, I knew that it won’t be in the SAT Format and it would be relatively easy.The reason I wrote it this way is that it is easier to study vocab if it was arranged by categories.
For example:
Plenty-Plethora,Copious,Ample,Myriad
Shortage-Dearth,paucity</p>

<p>Anyway, It seems to me that I failed to do so.</p>

<p>.-.</p>

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<p>@meumeu‌ I like that use of dearth/paucity from direct hits LOL ftw</p>

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<p>yep</p>

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<p>The book was aptly described as … because it was instrumental in advancing knowledge about its subject
(A) Seminal
(B) Recondite
© Beguiling
(D) Incendiary
(E) Inchoate</p>

<p>This was the hardest SC question from SAT January 2014 U.S</p>

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<p>Answer is A, Seminal.
I actually just used my knowledge of some roots to find out that the others wouldn’t fit ^o^</p>