Look closely at the picture of the Boston City Hall on the left. What words would you use to describe it? The Boston City Hall illustrates a post-World War II style of architecture called Brutalism. Some people love it, but many others hate it. Brutalist building are massive, block-like structures with unpainted concrete exteriors that lack surface decorations.
OK, but what does this have to do with the difficult SAT word INCOMMENSURATE? A recent vocabulary in context question correctly noted that Brutalist buildings are “divisive” because their massive size seems “out of proportion” with nearby buildings. The phrase “out of proportion” supports INCOMMENSURATE as the most precise way to describe Brutalist buildings that don’t fit in with their surroundings.
INCOMMENSURATE – something that doesn’t fit or is out of proportion