[Video] Q49: As used in line 67, “demonstrated” most nearly means

Explanation for Question 49 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 8

49. We're gonna go to line 67. 2 We're going to look at the word demonstrating and we're going to come up 3 with our own synonym for it. So this is line 67. 4 Okay. So Alexander Volkov, 5 his colleagues at Oakwood university in Alabama first demonstrated that it is indeed electricity 6 that caused the Venus flytrap to close, um, 7 the demonstrated it. So they showed that it was, 8 they proved that it is indeed electricity that caused it to go as they 9 showed. Right. So proved showed, 10 let's see, performed does not mean proved or showed. 11 Argue does not mean proved or showed in Provista does not mean proved or 12 showed, but established kind of means it. 13 So let's see if established works. Um, 14 they first established that is indeed established is kind of the same thing as 15 proved. Right? You establish something, you prove something. 16 Um, so yes, that's gonna be the answer. The answer is going to be 17 established, which is letter B.