Words in Context

SAT Reading and Writing· difficulty 3/5

The committee has yet to settle a single substantive question, but its members insist that genuine progress is being made. Each meeting, they say, narrows the range of disagreement and clarifies what the eventual compromise must include.

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

  • A

    establish a colony

  • B

    drift downward

  • C

    move into a home

  • D

    resolve definitively

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Explanation

The committee has not yet definitively resolved any substantive question; "settle" means resolve definitively, not the colonial, drifting, or relocation senses.

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