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“Scarce” means rare or not enough. “Common” and “plenty” are opposites, “easy” is unrelated.

(2/3)×90=60.

Words like “ruled,” “sheltering,” and “weathering” show admiration and respect.

Although the SSAT Experimental section is unscored and may include a mix of item types, the reasoning required mirrors operational questions. Here, there are 5 equally likely outcomes: A, B, C, D, E. The labels that are vowels are A and E, so there are 2 unfavorable outcomes if we seek “not landing on a vowel.” The favorable outcomes are B, C, and D—3 outcomes. The probability of a favorable outcome equals number of favorable outcomes divided by total outcomes: 35\tfrac{3}{5}. Option B is correct. Option A (25\tfrac{2}{5}) mistakenly counts the vowels rather than the complement. Option C (15\tfrac{1}{5}) could come from misreading as a single specific letter. Option D (45\tfrac{4}{5}) counts consonants plus one vowel erroneously. A key SSAT strategy is reading for the word “not” or “except,” which flips the target set to the complement; then compute 1−P(vowel)=1−25=351 - P(\text{vowel}) = 1 - \tfrac{2}{5} = \tfrac{3}{5}. Always define the sample space clearly and ensure outcomes are equally likely before forming ratios.

She values the story behind the painting, not just its colors.