Words in Context

SAT Reading and Writing· difficulty 3/5

The treaty's preamble carries no legal weight, but its language has proved unusually durable. Drafters of later agreements have borrowed its phrasing, often without attribution, and lent the document a posthumous life its authors could not have foreseen.

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

  • A

    rented

  • B

    loaned briefly

  • C

    imparted

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  • D

    given as a gift

Explanation

Later drafters give the document a continuing life by borrowing its words; "lent" here means imparted or contributed, not the literal lending or renting.

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