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SAT Reading 4.4 Sentence Completion 166 Views
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Description:
SAT Reading Sentence Completion Drill 4, Problem 4
Transcript
- 00:03
Here's an unshmoopy question you'll find on an exam somewhere in life...
- 00:06
Which word could fill in the blank so that the sentence below makes sense?
- 00:10
Many scientists predict that the amount of carbon emissions in our atmosphere will increase
- 00:14
blank, unless we take immediate and global action against pollution.
- 00:19
And here are the potential answers...
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- 00:24
The recommended solution of "immediate and global action" means carbon emissions in the
- 00:29
atmosphere will increase quickly, and they'll increase by a lot.
- 00:33
Armed with this information, we can start eliminating answers like they're greenhouse
- 00:37
gases...
- 00:39
"Facetiously" refers to a lack of seriousness.
- 00:44
"Vociferously" means that somebody's arguing loudly and forcefully for something.
- 00:51
And "excrementally" concerns...well, yeah that...we just won't go there.
- 00:59
"Sparingly" describes a little, not a lot.
- 01:01
D is the correct answer, as "Exponentially" implies a rapid increase.
- 01:06
Like... how dealing with exponents exponentially increases your enjoyment of algebra.
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