SAT Words in Context Question
The following text is adapted from John Matheus's 1926 short story, "Mr. Bradford Teaches Sunday School." Mr. Bradford is driving through the countryside in Florida. The moss in the towering water oaks had been come enlivened with a verdant sheen of silver and hung like festoons of carnival or like funeral decorations for the mourning of the dead. The pine green was resplendent. The bald cypresses spread themselves along the water courses while the willows wept as they always did. Mr. Bradford was conscious of this gorgeous display of nature. As used in the text, what does the word "display" most nearly mean?
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The trap here
The word you know, in a meaning you did not expect — SAT context questions favor common words used in a secondary sense. Recognizing the word is not the same as reading it.