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SAT Reading Sentence Completion Drill 4, Problem 8

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Here's a shmoop of a different color... Which words could fill in the blanks so that

00:08

the sentence below makes sense?

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Infuriated by a disparaging remark by his opponent, the senator lost all semblance of

00:15

blank and began a passionate blank that lasted for ten minutes.

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And here are the potential answers...

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So for the first blank we're looking for a word that describes something we lose when

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we really blow our top.

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Yeah, we're looking for something... a little less literal.

00:35

"Antiquity" refers to things that happened in ancient times, so it doesn't fit at all.

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"Patriotism" means love of country, so it doesn't really work in this context either.

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If the senator got mad at his country instead of his opponent, then he'd really be trouble.

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All the other first blank options don't totally stink, so we'll move on to blank

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number two. (C) is out of the running because "imploration"

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involves pleading or even begging...

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Which would just be embarrassing for everybody. "Diatribe" and "rant" both refer to verbal

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attacks, but the politician is more likely to have lost his good manners than his mind...

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Well, okay... depends on who you ask. Anyway, looks like A wins this election...

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Although, we might be headed for a recount...

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