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SAT Reading Section: Sentence Completion Drill 1, Problem 1
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SAT Reading Sentence Completion Drill 3, Problem 4
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- 00:03
Put this in your thesaurus and Shmoop it. Which word could fill in the blank so that
- 00:08
the sentence below makes sense?
- 00:10
We often have a(n) blank conception of the people we love, instead of a purely realistic one.
- 00:17
And here are the potential answers...
- 00:24
The word "instead" is a big neon sign that we're looking for a word that means the opposite of "realistic."
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- 00:31
So this is a vocabulary question really.
- 00:34
We can lose (B) pretty easily. "Adulterated" describes something that's been made poorer
- 00:38
in quality. So it's not the opposite of realistic.
- 00:43
"Inadequate" means "not enough" and
- 00:46
"rank" can mean gross or shockingly conspicuous.
- 00:50
Neither of these are the opposite of "realistic" either, so we can break-up with them without
- 00:55
any guilt. You know...inadequate..not enough. Like the gals who wear ton of makeup at recess.
- 01:06
"Extreme" might look tempting...
- 01:08
But someone who is "idealized" is perceived as an ideal... a perfect person who probably
- 01:14
couldn't exist in real life.
- 01:16
So the answer is D.
- 01:17
As in "Duuudee."
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