Explanation for Question 16 From the Reading Section on the 2019 October Sat
Question 16 says as used in line 51, 2 appreciate most nearly means what? So let's look back into the passage for some 3 context here to help us answer this question and we can see that the 4 sentence starts in line 51. It says our failure to notice or appreciate what 5 government does for us also has to do with the unique and peculiar nature 6 of many government benefits. So just a reminder that the word we're looking at 7 here is appreciate. And so if we can come up with a word from 8 our own vocabulary to replace this and still maintain the meaning of the sentence, 9 that's going to help us a lot with answering this question. 10 So what I think of when I first read the sentence is we could 11 appreciate, we could replace appreciate with like, 12 be thankful for, so our failure to notice or be thankful for what government 13 does for us also has to do with the unique and peculiar nature of 14 many government benefits. 15 So let's look for any answer choices that resemble 16 the meaning of to be thankful for something. 17 So if we start with answer choice a to accumulate, 18 this is going to be incorrect accumulate. 19 Wouldn't indicate a sense of gratitude here. 20 So it merely just means collecting things. 21 So appreciate, would mean collecting things that wouldn't make sense in the context 22 of this sentence. If we look at answer choice B, it says to judge, 23 this is going to be incorrect because while it applies like while being thankful 24 for something implies judgm...