Words in Context

SAT Reading and Writing· difficulty 3/5

The committee was asked to draft principles, not policies. Its members understood that any attempt to descend to particulars would invite quarrels they had been chosen, in part, to avoid.

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

  • A

    go into specifics

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  • B

    stoop morally

  • C

    be inherited from

  • D

    move physically downward

Explanation

Going into specifics ("particulars") risks quarrels; "descend to" means go into specifics, not the literal, hereditary, or moral senses.

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