Over centuries, wind and water gradually accumulate layers of sediment that form sedimentary rock.
几个世纪以来，风和水逐渐积累沉积物层，形成沉积岩。
A separate research team led by Omar Haddad found that sediment naturally accumulating in the same wetland is raising its elevation fast enough to offset a significant portion of the projected sea-level rise, though not all of it.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
Political scientist Julia Novak argues that term limits reduce political corruption by preventing officials from accumulating entrenched networks of influence over decades in office.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
- Unlike many toxic frogs, it does not produce these toxins itself; it accumulates them from the ants and mites it eats.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
Which choice best defines “accumulate”?
B — To collect, gather. “accumulate” means to collect, gather.
Which word means “to collect, gather”?
D — accumulate. “accumulate” means to collect, gather.
accumulate — to collect, gather. In Chinese: 积累，积聚.
accumulate is pronounced /əˈkjuːmjəleɪt/.
Over centuries, wind and water gradually accumulate layers of sediment that form sedimentary rock. (几个世纪以来，风和水逐渐积累沉积物层，形成沉积岩。)
collect, gather, amass — all close in meaning to accumulate (to collect, gather).
disperse, dissipate — each the opposite of accumulate (to collect, gather).
Yes. accumulate 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.
ac(enhance)+cumulate(pile up)