PP1 (Shorter) Verbal Section 1 (Medium) Q11

<p><span style="font-size:20px;"><span style="color:#27ae60;">The Right Answer</span></span></p> <p>This is a <span style="color:#8e44ad;">Vocabulary in Context</span> question as indicated by the quotes around the word in question (temporal) and the phrase &quot;most nearly means.&quot; These questions can be tricky because they often choose words with MULTIPLE meanings -- like temporal.&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>the different meanings of &quot;temporal&quot; <ul> <li><strong>Meaning 1</strong>: secular (not religious)</li> <li><strong>Meaning 2</strong>: corporeal (related to the body)</li> <li><strong>Meaning 3</strong>: terrestrial (of this Earth)</li> <li><strong>Meaning 4</strong>: related to time</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>So how do we find the right answer?! We choose the answer that&nbsp;<strong>has evidence</strong>&nbsp;from the passage. Notice how the passage uses words like &quot;precede,&quot; &quot;sequence,&quot; and &quot;hundreds of milliseconds.&quot; This all supports the idea that &quot;temporal&quot; is &quot;related to time.&quot;</p> <p>Thus, the correct answer is <span style="color:#27ae60;">E, chronological</span>.</p> <p><span style="font-size:20px;"><span style="color:#e74c3c;">The Wrong Answers</span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="color:#e74c3c;">secular</span>: we have <strong>no evidence</strong> about the religion or the lack thereof in the passage.</li> <li><span style="color:#e74c3c;">mundane</span>: we have <strong>no evidence</strong> of whether something is boring or &quot;of this earth&quot; in the passage.</li> <li><span style="color:#e74c3c;">numerical</span>: we have <strong>no evidence</strong> regarding the quantity of something.</li> <li><span style="color:#e74c3c;">physiological</span>: we have <strong>no evidence</strong> about the form or structure of the human body. In fact, we kind of have evidence of its opposite -- the human mind.</li> </ul>