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SAT Reading: Sentence Completion Drill 6, Problem 6

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Which word could fill in the blank so that

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the sentence below makes sense?

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Zach and Kelly were unable to meet on Friday to discuss the details of their project, but

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they made plans to blank on the following Monday.

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And here are the potential answers...

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The context of the sentence makes it clear

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Zach and Kelly are practicing their procrastination skills by pushing off their project meeting

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till after the weekend.

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So we know that the word we're looking for needs to be a synonym for "meet."

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Both "celebrate" and "lament" make too many assumptions about the meeting. It's a project,

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not a fiesta...

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Or a funeral...

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Therefore we can cross (D) and (E) off the list.

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"Redirect" and "update" don't fit the meaning we need at all, so they both fail this test.

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(C) on the other hand totally makes the grade. "Convene" is just what we're looking

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for, because it means to assemble, or come together for a meeting.

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Hopefully, Zach and Kelly will have time for a fiesta after they convene.

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