✅ Feasible: SAT Word of the Day

Feasible (adjective): capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: the plan is quite feasible.

• IPA: ˈfi.zə.bəl (See IPA key)

• Phonetic: FEE-zuh-bul

Test your recall of the last five words we’ve learned. Answer key is below.

1. COHERENT most nearly means

(A) exhaustive
(B) eloquent
(C) logical
(D) disparate

2. PLACID most nearly means

(A) turbulent
(B) volatile
(C) apathetic
(D) serene

3. VERBATIM most nearly means

(A) concisely
(B) accurately
(C) word for word
(D) approximately

4. ANOMALY most nearly means

(A) aberration
(B) paradox
(C) conformity
(D) precedent

5. COVERT most nearly means

(A) cryptic
(B) tacit
(C) clandestine
(D) overt

Here are some examples of the word FEASIBLE:

• Is it realistic or even feasible for me to retire before I turn 40 if I save and invest wisely?

• “Could you finish your essay tonight instead of tomorrow?” Bella asked. “If I leave out the introduction and the conclusion, sure it’s feasible,” Demarcus replied.

• When the first transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869, traveling across the United States in about a week’s time became feasible; previously, such a trip would have taken months.

• a feasible option, economically feasible, technically feasible, not feasible

1) C — coherent 2) D — placid 3) C — verbatim 4) A — anomaly 5) C — covert

Be sure to come back tomorrow for your vocabulary quiz on the last 10 words we’ve learned.

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