Repose: meaning and SAT practice
Repose (noun) means: A state of rest or tranquility, freedom from activity.
Repose in a sentence
After the long journey, she found repose in her quiet bedroom.
Similar: rest, peace, calm, relaxation, tranquility. Opposite: activity, turmoil, agitation.
SAT-style practice: what does “repose” most nearly mean?
After the long journey, she found repose in her quiet bedroom.
As used in the sentence, “repose” most nearly means
- contempt
- irritability
- rest
- silence
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Answer: C. “repose” means: A state of rest or tranquility, freedom from activity. “rest” is the closest match in this sentence. The other choices are real SAT-level words, but none of them carries that meaning here.
On the digital SAT this is the “Words in Context” skill, about 7 of the 54 Reading and Writing questions. The test asks what a word means as used in the passage, so a word’s most common meaning is not always the answer. More of these, with full explanations, are on SAT Words in Context practice questions.
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