SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY & GLADIATOR WORD OF THE DAY

January 30, 2013

Part or all of the following sentence is underlined;

beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the

underlined material. Select the option that produces the

best sentence. If you think the original phrasing produces

a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select

choice A.

For both his shorter and longer works of

fiction, Gabriel García Márquez achieves the rare

feat of being accessible to the common reader

while satisfying the most demanding of

sophisticated critics.

(A) For both his shorter and longer

(B) For both his shorter, and in his longer,

(C) In both his shorter and his longer

(D) Both in his shorter and his longer

(E) Both his shorter and longer

SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY & GLADIATOR WORD OF THE DAY

January 14, 2013

SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY & GLADIATOR WORD OF THE DAY

January 15, 2013

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

When, in 1864, a factory

established by Alfred

Nobel to manufacture

nitroglycerin blew

up, the scientist

discovered that the

explosive was as -----

-- as it was powerful, -

------ to detonate

without warning.

(A) dormant . . ready

(B) fickle . . unlikely

(C) volatile . . liable

SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY & GLADIATOR WORD OF THE DAY

January 16, 2013

Choose the word or set of words that, when

inserted in the sentence, best fits the

meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Ms. Ferguson’s main criticism of the

artist’s rendering of the ancient

mammal’s physical appearance is

that, unsupported by even a ------- of

fossil evidence, the image is bound

to be ------- .

(A) modicum . . speculative

(B) particle . . supplemented

(C) perusal . . substantiated

(D) fabrication . . obsolete

(E) recapitulation . . exhausted