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SAT Reading Section: Sentence Completion Drill 1, Problem 1
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SAT Reading Sentence Completion Drill 4, Problem 5
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- 00:03
Getting shmoopy with it... Which word could fill in the blank so that
- 00:08
the sentence below makes sense?
- 00:11
Instead of helping to clarify the findings of the study, the new data seemed only to
- 00:15
blank the results, and make it difficult for the researchers to draw a conclusion.
- 00:21
And here are the potential answers...
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- 00:27
Once we lay our eyes on the word "instead," we know we're on the hunt for a word that
- 00:30
means the opposite of "clarify." "Expound" kinda sounds like "explain" and
- 00:38
has a similar meaning, so (A) is out of the picture.
- 00:41
We can eliminate (B) because "redress" means to fix an error.
- 00:45
Not unlike finding another outfit when we realize that the one we're wearing is hideous.
- 00:49
(C) is out because "malign" means to criticize someone meanly.
- 00:54
While (D) might be tempting because "repudiate" means to contradict or deny, something that
- 00:59
would definitely make life harder for the researchers...
- 01:03
It just doesn't quite fit. "Obfuscate" may seem like a weird word,
- 01:08
but it refers to making something unclear or confusing...
- 01:12
So choice (E) is the perfect fit.
- 01:15
Isn't it nice to know that everybody fits somewhere?
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