Explanation for Question 38 From the Reading Section on the 2017 May Sat
Question 38 says as used in line 63, 2 yielded most nearly means what? So let's look back in the passage here for 3 some context as to what maybe they're using this word to describe. 4 So the sentence that they're talking about says that the communal grave also yielded 5 additional intriguing details about these ancient Europeans. 6 So in this case, they're being, 7 or this word yielded is being used to describe like providing 8 intriguing information and triggering details. 9 So again, another word we could use here is provide. 10 So let's look at the answer choices here and see which one best matches 11 this idea of the provision of interesting information. 12 So if we look at the answers, we have relinquished submitted, 13 cultivated and furnished. So answer choices, 14 a and B mean kind of the same thing. 15 So relinquished and submitted means to like give something up to something that has 16 more power. So if you're relinquishing something, 17 you're giving it to someone who's told you to do. So if you're submitting 18 to something, you're doing something that someone has told you to do. 19 So answer choice a and B would both be incorrect here. 20 So then we're left with cultivated and furnished. 21 And so in this case, furnished is being used in more of an untraditional 22 manner, right? Furnished is usually used to talk literally literally about 23 furniture. And like, if you have a furnished apartment, 24 it's an apartment that comes with furniture. But in this case,...