Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Despite the books he had read and the videos he had watched, Nathan dejectedly admitted that his efforts to bring forth a lush garden were _____. He conceded that it would be another year of using store-bought zucchini to make his pizzette.
The correct answer is (B).
current priority level - the path to 600+ and higher
Our training goals do not include learning random words like what we see here in (A). It is a training goal of ours to be ok with ignoring such a word.
Option (D) could sound a bit off when reading it within the blurb. We could also content it is the opposite of what we are looking for.
This could be a good time for a prediction. Nathan was not successful.
Now, even with that prediction in place, we understand how (C) could be selected. Here are a trio of things to close out this analysis…
We do not seek to compel predictions, but when one comes to mind organically, we very much embrace it. If a prediction did not come to mind here, then we could alternatively potentially point to the quotable clue that the group had approximately “thirty minutes”, which can give us a sense that the group did not have a lot of time.
With some sense of what is being mentioned in the blurb in place, we could first eliminate option (B). If this option is not somewhat clear as being the opposite of what we are looking for, then keep in mind what the priority level is that we tagged this question as.(We can very much be on a Path to 600+ and simply sacrifice this question.)
Before further exploring the answer options, it is worth taking a moment to acknowledge that we are also very much on a Path to 600+ if we had a good sense of the blurb, eliminated (B), and then just guessed.
A next level would be to know enough about the word exacerbate to eliminate option (D), which could bring many of us to a very legitimate, classic-FitB 50-50 guess.
We’re probably never going to see the word “gander” on a future exam, so knowing that it definitely works here is maybe the least significant thing we could acknowledge. The word “peruse”(which would also end up being the opposite of what we are looking for) is also an unlikely word to run across. Keep what we’re saying here very much in mind.
There are many balances we will strike within this process. They are at the very center of well-trained test-taking.(By the way, if you have not enjoyed our balancometers yet, now may be a perfect time to do so.😯