Explanation for Question 50 From the Reading Section on the 2019 October Sat
Question 50 says as used in line 73 properties, 2 most nearly means what? So let's look at the sentence that the referencing here 3 in the passage and see if we can kind of replace this word properties 4 with some word from our own vocabulary and then kind of match meanings. 5 So the sentence that the referencing starts in line 72, 6 it says the product that formed had properties of neither lignin nor rubber, 7 but something in between with a combination of lignans, 8 stiffness and nitrile rubbers elasticity. 9 So, Ooh, sorry. Excuse me. 10 So just a reminder that we're looking at this word properties 11 here, and we can kind of use some context clues to determine what they're 12 specifically referencing us properties. And so we can see that the 13 properties they're talking about here are going to include things like stiffness and elasticity. 14 So when I think of replacing this with something from my vocabulary, 15 I think of like attributes. 16 So stiffness inelasticity would be attributes attributes of this new product. 17 So let's look at the answer choice here and see which one best corresponds 18 to the idea of where the meaning of attributes and properties kind of 19 overlaps. And maybe as something that can also describe stiffness and elasticity. 20 So if we look here, 21 we can see pretty quickly that the correct answer is going to be answered, 22 choice C qualities. So the intersection of attributes 23 and properties, you can also use qualities to describe elastici...