[Video] Q31: As used in line 72, “ripple” most nearly means

Explanation for Question 31 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 7

Question 31 says is used in line 72 ripple. 2 Most nearly means what? So let's look back at this sentence in the passage 3 and see if we can get some context to better answer this question. 4 So looking at this sentence, it says they plan to investigate how the animals 5 decide, who sets the course in the pace and whether a mistake made by 6 the leader can ripple through the rest of the flock to cause traffic jams. 7 So again, the word that we're looking at here is ripple. 8 And so if we're looking to replace this word with maybe an idea from 9 our own mind and vocabulary, we can replace it with like passed onto. 10 So whether a mistake made by the leader can be passed to or passed 11 through the rest of the flock to cause traffic jams, 12 basically what this is, meaning is that a leader, 13 a mistake made by the leader would then kind of be caused by the 14 people after them and the people after them and the people after them. 15 So kind of like a chain reaction type thing. So if or not the 16 people and not description, but the birds. So if we look at the answer 17 choices here, we can just go through each of them. 18 So fluctuate would be incorrect. 19 Fluctuate means like going up and down or changing rapidly. 20 And this case, the mistake made is not changing rapidly through the other 21 birds in the flock. It's just kind of being passed onto them. 22 So B or a would be incorrect if we look at beef spread, 23 that would be an ideal word to replace this here, 24 right? If...