SAT ? of the Day 11/21/08

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Although the acreage involved in a national boundary dispute may seem insignificant, even the slightest ------- in a country's alleged border appears ------- to that nation, a threat to its security.

1. inconsistency . . felicitous


2. variation . . trivial


3. rigidity . . traumatic


4. change . . favorable


5. breach . . ominous

While “ominous” comes closest to conveying threat, “traumatic” makes some sense; only “breach,” however, fits logically in the first blank.
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Difficulty: Medium
Question Type: Sentence Completions
(Critical Reading)