Words in Context

SAT Reading and Writing· difficulty 4/5

The witness's account, though delivered in good faith, is necessarily partial. He saw only one corner of a complicated scene, and even within that corner his attention was drawn to the details that most disturbed him.

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

  • A

    biased in favor of one side

  • B

    fond of

  • C

    fractional

  • D

    incomplete

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Explanation

The witness saw only one corner of the scene; "partial" means incomplete, not biased (its more familiar political sense), affectionately fond of, or fractional.

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