SAT Reading & Writing · Words in Context
The committee's final recommendation was notably ______, avoiding any specific numerical targets or firm deadlines that could later be…
The committee's final recommendation was notably ______, avoiding any specific numerical targets or firm deadlines that could later be used to measure whether the plan had succeeded or failed.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Answer and explanation
Answer: B: vague
The passage describes a recommendation deliberately avoiding specific numbers or deadlines, exactly the quality vague names: lacking clear, specific detail. Precise would mean exact and specific, the opposite of what's described. Urgent concerns a sense of pressing importance, unrelated to specificity. Popular concerns general approval, which the passage doesn't address.
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