Question ID 84b5125b
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Words in Context
ID: 84b5125b
Artist Marilyn Dingle’s intricate, coiled baskets are ______ sweetgrass and palmetto palm. Following a Gullah technique
that originated in West Africa, Dingle skillfully winds a thin palm frond around a bunch of sweetgrass with the help of a
“sewing bone” to create the basket’s signature look that no factory can reproduce.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A. indicated by
B. handmade from
C. represented by
D. collected with
Question ID fa014d2d
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Words in Context
ID: fa014d2d
The invention in 1958 of the integrated circuit (or microchip) radically altered the semiconductor industry. In fact, some
historians argue that it fundamentally ______ the industry by enabling it to take advantage of mass production methods
for the first time.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A. overwhelmed
B. bypassed
C. obstructed
D. transformed
Question ID 5fe53347
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Words in Context
ID: 5fe53347
Botanist Al Kovaleski has pointed out that maple trees already thrive in a wide variety of climates and thus may ______
changes in climate better than some other tree species do. The alterations maples may undergo in response to a
changing climate are likely to be relatively small and easily achieved.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A. relocate from
B. refer to
C. originate from
D. adapt to
Question ID 359902ae
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Words in Context
ID: 359902ae
The following text is adapted from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1837 story “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment.” The main character,
a physician, is experimenting with rehydrating a dried flower.
At first [the rose] lay lightly on the surface of the fluid, appearing to imbibe none of its moisture. Soon, however, a
singular change began to be visible. The crushed and dried petals stirred and assumed a deepening tinge of
crimson, as if the flower were reviving from a deathlike slumber.
As used in the text, what does the phrase “a singular” most nearly mean?
A. A lonely
B. A disagreeable
C. An acceptable
D. An extraordinary
Question ID 22a41819
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Words in Context
ID: 22a41819
Rejecting the premise that the literary magazine Ebony and Topaz (1927) should present a unified vision of Black
American identity, editor Charles S. Johnson fostered his contributors’ diverse perspectives by promoting their authorial
autonomy. Johnson’s self-effacement diverged from the editorial stances of W.E.B. Du Bois and Alain Locke, whose
decisions for their publications were more ______.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A. proficient
B. dogmatic
C. ambiguous
D. unpretentious
Question ID f0be91b2
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Words in Context
ID: f0be91b2
Drivers who strongly believe that the toll they must pay to use the Lewis and Clark Bridge, which spans the Ohio River to
connect Indiana and Kentucky, is currently too high are unlikely to be ______ a proposal to increase the toll. Advocates
for a higher toll are likely to have more success if they instead direct their arguments toward a more persuadable
segment of the population.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A. receptive to
B. apprised of
C. incensed by
D. cited in
Question ID c977cfcf
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Words in Context
ID: c977cfcf
According to a team of neuroeconomists from the University of Zurich, ease of decision making may be linked to
communication between two brain regions, the prefrontal cortex and the parietal cortex. Individuals tend to be more
decisive if the information flow between the regions is intensified, whereas they make choices more slowly when
information flow is ______.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A. reduced
B. evaluated
C. determined
D. acquired
Question ID e35d481c
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Words in Context
ID: e35d481c
Some economic historians ______ that late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century households in the United States
experienced an economy of scale when it came to food purchases—they assumed that large households spent less on
food per person than did small households. Economist Trevon Logan showed, however, that a close look at the
available data disproves this supposition.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A. surmised
B. contrived
C. questioned
D. regretted
Question ID 45a109a3
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Words in Context
ID: 45a109a3
The following text is from Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula. The narrator is being driven in a carriage through a remote
region at night.
The baying of the wolves sounded nearer and nearer, as though they were closing round on us from every side. I
grew dreadfully afraid, and the horses shared my fear. The driver, however, was not in the least disturbed; he kept
turning his head to left and right, but I could not see anything through the darkness.
As used in the text, what does the word “disturbed” most nearly mean?
A. Disorganized
B. Alarmed
C. Offended
D. Interrupted
Question ID 5e57efec
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Words in Context
ID: 5e57efec
Economist Marco Castillo and colleagues showed that nuisance costs—the time and effort people must spend to make
donations—reduce charitable giving. Charities can mitigate this effect by compensating donors for nuisance costs, but
those costs, though variable, are largely ______ donation size, so charities that compensate donors will likely favor
attracting a few large donors over many small donors.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A. supplemental to
B. predictive of
C. independent of
D. subsumed in
Question ID 97ab5669
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Words in Context
ID: 97ab5669
Former astronaut Ellen Ochoa says that although she doesn’t have a definite idea of when it might happen, she ______
that humans will someday need to be able to live in other environments than those found on Earth. This conjecture
informs her interest in future research missions to the moon.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A. demands
B. speculates
C. doubts
D. establishes
Question ID 6c086e70
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Words in Context
ID: 6c086e70
Businesses typically try to promote themselves, but research by Michael Luca, Abhishek Nagaraj, and Gauri Subramani
suggests that some do not ______ their marketing. The researchers studied restaurants in Texas and found that those
listed on a popular review website (which can be done at no cost) had revenue increases of 5 percent on average, but
33 percent of restaurants studied never listed on the site.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A. adorn
B. optimize
C. endorse
D. counteract
Question ID d5ad34f0
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Words in Context
ID: d5ad34f0
The results of randomized clinical trials testing the efficacy of common medical interventions sometimes fail to ______
conclusions that practitioners reach based on their real-world observations of patients. While there are several possible
reasons for this, one is that practitioners may overlook confounding variables that account for the results they attribute
to the interventions in question.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A. circumvent
B. corroborate
C. disseminate
D. implement
Question ID a1139ff8
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Words in Context
ID: a1139ff8
In the 1990s, conservationists began planting more than 500,000 native trees in the habitat of the Azores bullfinch to
boost the bird’s numbers. This approach was apparently ______: the Azores bullfinch’s population size increased from as
few as 100 birds at the end of the 1980s to around 1,300 in 2023.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A. amusing
B. costly
C. successful
D. disastrous
Question ID e386a11d
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Words in Context
ID: e386a11d
Cat and Plum Blossoms is an important work of Nihonga, or classical Japanese painting. Unlike Kuroda Seiki, who
adopted traditional European methods such as painting with oil on canvas, Hishida Shunsō ______ traditional Japanese
approaches. For instance, Hishida produced Cat and Plum Blossoms by applying color pigments to a silk scroll.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A. distrusted
B. embraced
C. released
D. overlooked
Question ID 95f037ad
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Words in Context
ID: 95f037ad
The works of Chicana artist Ester Hernandez are now ______ in museums both in the United States and abroad, but the
murals she contributed to as a member of Las Mujeres Muralistas early in her artistic career were displayed in outdoor
public spaces across San Francisco.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A. invented
B. adjusted
C. featured
D. recommended
Question ID 84ece3f6
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Words in Context
ID: 84ece3f6
The following text is adapted from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1844 short story “Drowne’s Wooden Image.” Drowne, a young
man, is carving a wooden figure to decorate the front of a ship.
Day by day, the work assumed greater precision, and settled its irregular and misty outline into distincter grace and
beauty. The general design was now obvious to the common eye.
As used in the text, what does the word “assumed” most nearly mean?
A. Acquired
B. Acknowledged
C. Imitated
D. Speculated
Question ID d4a8f7cb
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Words in Context
ID: d4a8f7cb
Dance choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar aims to give people the opportunity to be ______ her creative process. For
example, live performances of her dance HairStories, which debuted in 2001, featured videos of people across the
United States talking about their hair and audience members sharing pictures of their interesting hairstyles.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A. nervous about
B. completed by
C. delayed by
D. involved in
Question ID 757077f9
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Words in Context
ID: 757077f9
During a 2014 archaeological dig in Spain, Vicente Lull and his team uncovered the skeleton of a woman from El Algar,
an Early Bronze Age society, buried with valuable objects signaling a high position of power. This finding may persuade
researchers who have argued that Bronze Age societies were ruled by men to ______ that women may have also held
leadership roles.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A. waive
B. concede
C. refute
D. require
Question ID 1c7fe9be
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty
SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Words in Context
ID: 1c7fe9be
At the turn of the twentieth century, Black residents of Richmond, Virginia, had few formal options for banking and other
financial services. To ______ this situation, Maggie Lena Walker chartered the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank in 1903. The
bank went on to provide home loans and savings opportunities to thousands of Black families over the following
decades.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A. prolong
B. rectify
C. retain
D. highlight
