A study of hospital patients found that those assigned to rooms painted a soft green recovered from minor surgery and were discharged, on average, several hours earlier than patients in otherwise identical rooms painted stark white.
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A study of hospital patients found that those assigned to rooms with access to natural daylight through a window reported shorter average recovery times after minor procedures than patients in otherwise identical rooms lit only by artificial light.
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Which choice best defines “minor”?
B — Less important. “minor” means less important.
Which word means “less important”?
B — minor. “minor” means less important.
minor — less important. In Chinese: 较小的，次要的.
minor is pronounced /ˈmaɪnər/.
A study of hospital patients found that those assigned to rooms painted a soft green recovered from minor surgery and were discharged, on average, several hours earlier than patients in otherwise identical rooms painted stark white.
Yes. minor is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
min(small)+or