... on this section only. Do not
turn to any other section of the test.
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10. In a particular year, if January 22 is the fourth
Wednesday of the month, what ... work?
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2. The of James Joyce’s early works, whic...
... colleges have
adopted SAT- optional” policies, and it’s not because
they think the SAT is meaningless. When a college
makes SAT scores optional, only the high-scoring stu-
dents are likely to ... next. Solid paragraph struc-
ture is key to writing high-scoring SAT essays. Chap-
ter 12 (particularly Lessons 6, 7, and 12) gives you lots
of practice in structuring a top-scoring essay.
Sim...
... magnitude. I once had a conversation with
a doctor who, within approximately 20 min-
utes, stated that a certain procedure he was
contemplating (a) had a one-chance-in-a-
million risk associated ... neophyte . . vociferous
(C) radical . . visionary
(D) partisan . . conciliatory
(E) hermit . . simplistic
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8. Which of the following would the author con-
sider most difficult for a modern ... phys-
ical, origin was probable. He was also modest
in his therapeutic claims, recognizing that only
a limited number of cases responded to analy-
sis, and that partial alleviation was mor...
... examine
Vocabulary Lesson 3: Let’s Talk About It
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Today’s roots: locu, loqu talk circum around
verb word e-, ex- out
❑ eloquent (adj) well spoken (e- out + loqu talk)
She is an eloquent ... the Point!
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❑ concise (adj) brief and to the point (con- altogether + cis cut)
Ricky, try to be a bit more concise in this paper; the assignment was for a th...
... (adj) falsely pious or self-righteous (sanctus holy)
I prefer ministers who are real people, not sanctimonious know-it-all preachers.
Synonyms: holier-than-thou, self-righteous, unctuous Antonyms: ... liberalism.
Synonym: bulwark
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Unit I Exercise Set I Answer Key
1. B The colon (:) introduces an explanation.
Adeptly means with great skill. A 5-year-old would
have to be...
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Unit 7 Exercise Sets II and III Answer Key
Exercise Set II
1. EPI-: over
ephemeral, epitaph, epicenter,
epidemic, epidermis, epilepsy,
epitome
2. AD-: to, towards
add, ... eulogy
HIT LIST
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Vocabulary Lesson 48: Go Forth
Today’s roots: supare scatter satur full
vergere, vert to turn undare to flow
❑ disseminate (v) to spread information (dis- away...
... accurately
SAT Practice 3:
Finding Patterns in the Structure of the Passage
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of spontaneous generation arise from this
mortal blow.”
50 All living organisms share a common ances-
tor, ... 2001 McGraw-Hill. Reprinted by
permission of The McGraw-Hill Companies.
Lesson 5:
Connecting the Questions to the Passage
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Think of Your Own Answer First
Afte...
... questions.
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Lesson 1:Verbal Inference
What Are Sentence Completion
Questions?
Now look at Question 2: Since we became trepin-
dant after running around the cregiendo, the word tre-
pindant ... example, so Newton’s theory must have
been that gravity is universal.
SAT Practice 2: The Four Logical Relationships
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Repeating Patterns
Finding patterns means looking for simple
rules that relate the parts of a problem. One
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