Transcript SAT Sentence Completion - Pleasantville High School

SAT Sentence
Completion
Joseph’s employees were ____
by the ____ manner in which he
dealt with them.
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(A) repulsed .. placid
(B) irritated .. curt
(C) incensed .. roll
(D) perturbed .. amiable
(E) weakened .. sullen
It is sometimes customary to view
rain as ___ sign; many believe that if
it rains on the day of your wedding,
you will enjoy financial prosperity.
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(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
an inopportune
a meager
an auspicious
an untimely
a modest
Once a ___ population center, the
city gradually lost residents to the
factory towns of the North.
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(A) bustling
(B) manufactured
(C) rural
(D) seedy
(E) deserted
The scene was even ___ than Rebecca
had ___, dead trees and patchy brown
grass seemed to stretch on forever
under a leaden sky.
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(A) uglier .. feigned
(B) drearier .. envisioned
(C) lazier .. divulged
(D) scantier .. desired
(E) keener .. perceived
Proponents of a bill requiring each home
to keep a firearm and ammunition
sought to placate their opponents by
including ___ for those who did not ___
gun possession.
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(A) a penalty .. frown upon
(B) an exemption .. support
(C) a theory .. relish
(D) an addendum .. continue
(E) a waiver .. abolish
Otis ___ agreed to ___ his partner’s
decision, misguided though he thought
it was.
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(A) gracefully .. rail at
(B) maliciously .. compromise on
(C) wistfully .. bargain with
(D) grudgingly .. abide by
(E) cynically .. reign over
The name of the housing development is
a ___; although it is called “Forest
Hills,” it is located in a ___ valley.
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(A) dilution .. river
(B) fallacy .. neglected
(C) misnomer .. treeless
(D) retelling .. contented
(E) fault .. barren
Far from being ___, today’s television
advertising, with its constant barrage of lastminute sales and new-and-improved products,
practically ___ the viewer.
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(A) subtle .. assaults
(B) engaging .. titillates
(C) utilitarian .. assists
(D) obtuse .. ridicules
(E) informative .. ignores
Unfortunately, the treasurer’s plan to get the
company out of debt ___ gaining access to
certain funds that may never become available.
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(A) speaks to
(B) treats with
(C) delves into
(D) metes out
(E) hinges on
A true ascetic, Jorge ___ luxuries and
other worldly pleasures in an effort to
___ his spiritual side.
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(A) spurns .. fortify
(B) embraces .. emulate
(C) relishes .. assist
(D) condones .. reclaim
(E) lambastes .. interpret
• Sentence 1 Explanation (B)
• In this sentence you can figure out the
relation between the two words. Either
they employees were “pleased” by the
“nice” manner in which he dealt with them.
In other words, the two words must
reinforce each other.
Congratulations