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Reading Comprehension · Meaning in Context

PrepTest 149 · Section 2 · Question 7

Phase 1 (your first ~400 questions): read the guidance, then answer. No clock.

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type
Meaning in Context
The one idea it tests
A playful phrase is defined by the dashes or words right after it.
The basic logic
Read what the passage lists as the activity behind the phrase. Pick the plain meaning, not the costume.
Tiny words that decide it
  • “then”
  • “to see”

Playground logic

In the kid passage, "bakes it out" is explained right away: follow the batch through to the finished cake to see what happens.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 2 (Questions 6–12). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Grandma's Perfect Lemon Cake →

Step 3 · Try the model question

When the kid passage says the baker "bakes it out," it most likely means the baker

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 149, Section 2, Question 7 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 7 in your official copy and answer it first.

Find the quoted phrase and read the words right around it, which often spell out the actual activity. Ignore the playful surface of the metaphor. Choose the plain description of what the scientists do, and drop choices that lean on other senses of the metaphor's word.