Explanation for Question 35 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 6
Question 35 says as used in line 24 urge, 2 most nearly means. Well, so let's look back in the passage here for some 3 context as to what the referencing. So the sentence is where it is included 4 in says when I, so pressingly urge a strict observance of all the laws, 5 let me not be misunderstood. As saying, there are no bad laws nor that 6 grievances may not arise for the redress of which no legal provisions have been 7 made. So again, the word that we're looking at here is this urge. 8 So he's the author here. 9 Abraham Lincoln is urging a strict observance of all the laws. 10 So maybe he is promoting a strict observance or all the laws 11 are asking for a strict observance of all the laws, 12 or just kind of, if you're pressingly urging something, 13 your very much dedicated 14 to the idea of what you're urging. 15 So in this case, maybe they're just trying to convince people to 16 strictly observe all the laws. So let's look at the answer choices here and 17 see which one indicates this kind of thing. 18 So answer choice a says to hasten, 19 he pressingly hastens a strict observance of all the laws in this case 20 that would imply hasten here would mean to like speed up. 21 So he's pressingly speeding up a strict observance of all the laws. 22 He can't do that himself, right? It counts on the people to follow the 23 strict observance of the laws. So he himself can not hasten a strict observance. 24 And that's why answer choice a wouldn't make sense. It would just change ...