<li>The audience failed to warm to the candidate, whose speech contained nothing but emty promises, _____, and cliches.
A.Candor
B.Platitudes
C.Nuances
D.Ingenuity
E.Threats</li>
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<p>Answer: B . Does platitude make the sentence redundant? Its like saying “The barrons book is stupid, moronic, and dull!” . Cliche is a synonym for platitudes, but C-which is what i picked- means subtely and put more variation into the sentence without distorting the overall meaning. </p>
<p>2.The hipocrite____ feelings that he does not possess but that he feels he should display.
A.Conceals
B.Decries
C.betrays
D.simulates
E.condones</p>
<p>Ill let you guys play with this one just for fun.</p>
<li>The latest biography of malcolm X is a nuanced and sensitive picture of a very complex man, ____ analysis of his personality.
A. and ineffectual
B.A telling
C.a ponderous
D.A simplistic
E. and overblown. </li>
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<p>Now if malcolm was a complex man, yet the book is short and sensitive, wouldn’t that make it a bit simplistic? the answers B.</p>
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<li>I’d say nuances is incorrect because it isn’t necessarily a negative word, as the sentence implies the blank should be. </li>
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<p>Besides, the Constitution states that “The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises…” which basically means "“The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect taxes, taxes, taxes, and taxes.” (an apt description though)</p>
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<li><p>simulates? Would make sense if he doesn’t have them, so he needs to fake them to display.</p></li>
<li><p>Nuanced and sensitive both mean detailed, not short or simplistic. </p></li>
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<p>The real SC questions seem to be much more straightforward than these though.</p>
<p>yeti: beat me to saying nuanced meant subtle details</p>
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<li><p>Process of elimination should work: candor doesn’t fit (sincerity?), nuances would mean subtle details, so that doesn’t work; ingenuity would mean there are smart ideas, so that wouldn’t work; Why would he threaten, so that’s no good, which leaves just platitudes.</p></li>
<li><p>You should know after reading the sentence that the person at least feels positive about the quality he should display. The only 2 that would fit this are condone and simulate. The “feels he should display” part should lead you to simulate.</p></li>
<li><p>Since the sentence is telling you that the biography is very detailed, telling should fit.</p></li>
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<p>Honestly I think these sentences give you far more specific context clues than the official SAT sentence completions would, but then again I haven’t looked at a CR section since June. Either way, try going through that book instead (unless you already have of course)</p>
<p>a nuance is a subtle difference between meanings, so although you might think that his speech would contain nuances, you don’t really know, which is why you need to take your hints from the words ‘cliches’ and ‘empty promises’.</p>
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<li> Is it B? If it is sensitive and nuanced, does that mean is it detailed?</li>
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<p>Can someone define “nuance” in a better way please?</p>
(an apt description though)</p>