SAT Reading & Writing · Words in Context
The committee's decision to postpone the vote was met with ______ from board members who had traveled long distances specifically to…
The committee's decision to postpone the vote was met with ______ from board members who had traveled long distances specifically to participate in that day's proceedings.
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: C: exasperation
The passage describes members who traveled specifically to participate, only to have the vote postponed, a situation naturally producing frustrated irritation, which exasperation names precisely. Enthusiasm would suggest eager approval, the opposite of a reasonable reaction to a postponed vote after a long trip. Indifference would suggest not caring either way, contradicted by the detail that they traveled specifically for this purpose. Curiosity concerns interest in learning more, unrelated to the frustration a postponement after travel would provoke.
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