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<p>Because he was ------- in the face of danger, the explorer won the government’s highest award for conspicuous bravery.</p>

<p>(A) virile
(B) dauntless
(C) heedless</p>

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<p>i think its dauntless (B).</p>

3

<p>(B) for sure.
I think “conspicuous” means that it’s like “easily visible” (don’t know exact definition). Dauntless pretty much means “fearless”, so that’s a given.</p>

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<p>It’s B for sure.</p>

5

<p>really, I would go for C.</p>

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<p>Well heedless means “careless”. I can’t imagine that a government would be awarding prizes for that attribute. Actually I thought governments award prizes to explorers for their discoveries, or for how they managed adversity, so even “dauntless” is dubious. But it certainly is the best choice.</p>

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<p>Why the answer is not A? Does “virile” mean “courageous”? I find it in the thesaurus dictionary.</p>

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<p>B is the “best” answer.</p>

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<p>It’s (B).
(A) “virile” means strong and energetic but connotes sex drive, sexual performance, or ability to sire children
(C) “heedless” means reckless</p>

<p>(B) “dauntless” means unintimidated, courageous, which matches perfectly with the clue (“bravery”)</p>

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<p>I got this question correct, but I almost went for virile. My thought process when answering the question: </p>

<p>virile comes from the latin “vir” meaning man, so probably means, “manly or brave.” Dauntless probably means undaunting, or fearless, so that works too. Virile then maybe connotes something a bit different so I went with dauntless.</p>

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<p>wait a sec this is today’s SAT Question of the Day! but you posted this yesterday. 0_o</p>

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<p>He posted it at 12:19 a.m., which is still today</p>

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<p>oh sorry my comp says 11:19pm, cuz i’m international. forgot to factor in the time diff.</p>