Free SAT® Practice Question: Words in Context

Learn to evaluate context clues for higher scores.

Today’s free SAT® practice question is a mock Words in Context Question. It follows the digital SAT® format but is also great preparation for the ACT®.

For effective time management on test day, you should aim to answer this question correctly in a maximum of 40 seconds.

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Free SAT® Practice Question

For the 1933 film King Kong, special effects artist Willis O'Brien developed techniques that critics characterized as truly ______: they showered accolades on what they dubbed O'Brien's unprecedented combination of stop-motion animation with live action footage, creating the realistic illusion that an 18-inch gorilla model was interacting with human actors in lifelike settings.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

A. astute

B. revolutionary

C. eccentric

D. perplexing

(Answer Explanations and Strategy Guide Below.)

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Answer Explanations and Strategy Guide