Explanation for Question 45 From the Reading Section on the 2017 May Sat
Question 45 asks as used in line 36 supported most nearly means what? 2 So let's look back into the passage here for some context as to where, 3 how this word is being used and see if we can answer this question. 4 So the sentence that they're talking about starts in line 35, 5 it says of primary interests are two mechanisms of invasion that are particularly well 6 supported by existing studies of plant invasions release from natural enemies and 7 increased resource availability. So again, 8 the word that we're looking at here is supported and maybe 9 a word from my own vocabulary that I could use to replace. 10 This would be to say like proven. 11 So these mechanisms are proven by existing studies and 12 this case, that's going to be a little bit off because you're talking about 13 studies that support versus studies that prove there's a very distinct 14 or very nuanced distinction there. 15 So it's not entirely explicit, 16 but it's there. So let's look at the answer choices here and see which 17 ones, well talk about the correct one and then also the incorrect ones. 18 So if we look, we have championed assisted braced in substantiated. 19 So we'll start with champion answer choice a is going to be incorrect to 20 champion. Something would mean to like quite literally when something like you're the champion 21 or another colloquial expression that you could use synonymously is like to be the 22 poster child for. So if you're championing like Nike 23 shoes, you're the poster...