The museum guide took time to acquaint visitors with the techniques used by Renaissance painters.
博物馆讲解员花时间让游客熟悉文艺复兴时期画家使用的技法。
Which choice best defines “acquaint”?
D — To make familiar. “acquaint” means to make familiar.
Which word means “to make familiar”?
D — acquaint. “acquaint” means to make familiar.
acquaint — to make familiar. In Chinese: 使熟悉，了解.
acquaint is pronounced /əˈkweɪnt/.
The museum guide took time to acquaint visitors with the techniques used by Renaissance painters. (博物馆讲解员花时间让游客熟悉文艺复兴时期画家使用的技法。)
familiarize, introduce, orient — all close in meaning to acquaint (to make familiar).
estrange, alienate — each the opposite of acquaint (to make familiar).
Yes. acquaint 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.
ac(strengthen)+quaint(know)