Words in Context

SAT Reading and Writing· difficulty 3/5

The professor's lecture style was famously dry. He delivered even his wittiest observations in the same flat, faintly skeptical tone, leaving students to discover for themselves that the joke had already passed.

As used in the text, what does the word "dry" most nearly mean?

  • A

    thirsty

  • B

    lacking emotion or expression

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  • C

    lacking moisture

  • D

    boringly unfunny

Explanation

He delivers wit in a flat tone — the "deadpan" sense of dry humor, distinct from "boringly unfunny" (he is witty), the literal moisture sense, or "thirsty."

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