SAT Grammar
The addition of descriptive details to the basic information serves to ------- the book by producing a fuller account.
A) invalidate
B) enrich
C) incite
D) celebrate
E) objectify
What is B.
Hoping to ------- the dispute, negotiators proposed a compromise that they felt would be ------- to both labor and management.
A) resolve . . acceptable
B) end . . divisive
C) overcome . . unattractive
D) extend . . satisfactory
E) enforce . . useful
What is A.
All the demands on soprano Kathleen Battle for operatic performances, solo concerts, and special guest (appearances, tempting her to sing too often and straining) her voice.
A) appearances, tempting her to sing too often and straining
B) appearances not only tempt her to sing too often plus they strain
C) appearances tempts her not only into singing too often but then she strains
D) appearances, tempting her into singing too often and she therefore strains
E) appearances tempt her to sing too often and strain
What is E.
The revolt against Victorianism was perhaps even more marked in poetry than (either fiction or drama).
A) either fiction or drama
B) either fiction or in drama
C) either in fiction or drama
D) in either fiction or drama
E) in either fiction or in drama
What is D.
Members of the research team were initially so adversarial that ---------- seemed impossible; the project's inauspicious start made its final success all the more ---------- .
A) concentration . . incidental
B) disagreement . . incongruous
C) cooperation . . remarkable
D) hostility . . dazzling
E) collaboration . . predictable
What is C.