[Video] Q12: In line 10, the word “ambivalent” most nearly means

Explanation for Question 12 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 1

Okay, so, um, line 12 or sorry, 2 question 12 says in line 10, 3 the word ambivalent most nearly means. Okay. 4 So let's just go right into that line and replace it with something that 5 we think the word would mean. And so when I think of ambivalent though, 6 I just know the definition isn't is like, uh, 7 you're not happy or sad about something you don't really know how to feel 8 about something. So let's see if that fits in there. 9 Um, let's go to that line. 10 Okay. And here's the word ambivalent right here. 11 So this frequent experience of gift giving can engender or engender means cause right. 12 So this frequent experience of gift giving can engender ambivalent feelings and gift givers. 13 Well, we don't really know what those feelings are yet. So we have to 14 read this the line after it. Right? And then it explains what they mean 15 by ambivalent right here. 16 We see that many actually relative the opportunity to buy gifts, 17 but at the same time, many dread, the thought of buying gifts. 18 So you have one side of the spectrum loving buying gifts. 19 And the other side of the spectrum being like, I hate this meaning like 20 people don't know how to feel about buying gifts, 21 meaning people will have conflicted feelings or opposite feelings. 22 Like there's no consensus. So we're looking for something that means opposite, 23 no consensus, conflicted. Um, 24 and that's B, B is the only one that even comes close to that. 25 So B is the answer.