Explanation for Question 3 From the Reading Section on the 2017 May Sat
Question three says as used in line 11 exquisitely, 2 most nearly means what? So let's look back at the sentence that they're referencing 3 here for some context, and maybe we can understand what this word means a 4 little bit clearer. So the sentence that they're referring to says in this food 5 that fit him so exquisitely, he seemed even tolerant leaner than I remembered him 6 in the uniform of one sport or another. So again, 7 remember, we're talking about this word exquisitely and in 8 this case, it's in reference to the fit of an item of clothing. 9 So they're talking about how, the way that a suit fits this character is 10 exquisite. So if we're thinking of maybe like a word from 11 our own vocabulary that we could use to replace this word exquisitely and still 12 kind of maintain the meaning of the sentence here, 13 I would say like in this suit that fit him so well, 14 he seemed even tolerant leaner than I remembered him in the uniform of one 15 sport or another now. 16 Well, it's not going to be the perfect word to use here because exquisitely 17 has more like feeling behind it. 18 It's going to fit better than well, if that makes sense. 19 So when we're looking at the answer choices here, 20 we're going to look for something that goes with the meaning of exquisitely and 21 better than well, instead of just well, 22 in and of itself. Cause exquisitely, like I said, 23 just has more like goodness in it. 24 So if you look at the answer choices here, 25 remember we're t...