Completing the transcontinental railway was a monumental accomplishment, one that required surveying routes through mountain ranges no engineer had yet mapped.
建成横贯大陆的铁路是一项非凡的成就，它要求勘测队穿越此前无人测绘过的山脉规划线路。
Which choice best defines “accomplishment”?
C — Something that has been achieved successfully. “accomplishment” means something that has been achieved successfully.
Which word means “something that has been achieved successfully”?
B — accomplishment. “accomplishment” means something that has been achieved successfully.
accomplishment — something that has been achieved successfully. In Chinese: 成就，完成.
accomplishment is pronounced /əˈkɑmplɪʃmənt/.
Completing the transcontinental railway was a monumental accomplishment, one that required surveying routes through mountain ranges no engineer had yet mapped. (建成横贯大陆的铁路是一项非凡的成就，它要求勘测队穿越此前无人测绘过的山脉规划线路。)
achievement, attainment, success — all close in meaning to accomplishment (something that has been achieved successfully).
failure, setback — each the opposite of accomplishment (something that has been achieved successfully).
Yes. accomplishment is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. 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.