week of november 4-7

SAT QUESTION & WORD OF THE DAY – 11/04/13

Part or all of the following sentence is underlined; beneath

the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined

material. Select the option that produces the best sentence.

If you think the original phrasing produces a better

sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A.

Unlike her sister Heather, who would always put

spiders safely outside if she found them in the

house, Joanne’s fear kept her from going

anywhere near the creatures.

(A) Joanne’s fear kept her from going anywhere

near the creatures

(B) Joanne’s fear is what kept her from going

anywhere near the creatures

(C) fear is why Joanne had not gone anywhere near

them

(D) Joanne was too afraid to go anywhere near the

creatures

(E) they scared Joanne too much to go anywhere

near them

SAT QUESTION & WORD OF THE DAY – 11/05/13

Choose the word or set of words that, when

inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning

of the sentence as a whole.

Although Paul Bowles wrote many musical

pieces during his prolific career, his work as

a composer was ultimately ------- his writing,

for which he received the most acclaim.

(A) demolished by

(B) paramount to

(C) overshadowed by

(D) adjacent to

(E) precluded by

SAT QUESTION & WORD OF THE DAY – 11/06/13

Choose the word or set of words that, when

inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning

of the sentence as a whole.

Scientists are studying the birth and growth

of thunderstorms to discover what causes

the difference between showers that enable

crops to ------- and ------- storms that cause

floods and erosions.

(A) flourish . . violent

(B) wither . . damaging

(C) grow . . harmless

(D) parch . . severe

(E) multiply . . essential

SAT QUESTION & WORD OF THE DAY – 11/07/13

Choose the word or set of words that, when

inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning

of the sentence as a whole.

The novel's protagonist, a pearl diver,

naïvely expects that the buyers will

compete among themselves to pay him the

best price for his pearl, but instead they -----

-- to ------- him.

(A) venture . . reward

(B) pretend . . praise

(C) conspire . . reimburse

(D) refuse . . cheat

(E) collude . . swindle