During the Renaissance, European scholars traveled to distant libraries to acquire rare manuscripts of classical texts.
文艺复兴时期，欧洲学者前往遥远的图书馆获取古典文献的珍稀手稿。
Which choice best defines “acquire”?
B — Get, obtain. “acquire” means get, obtain.
Which word means “get, obtain”?
D — acquire. “acquire” means get, obtain.
acquire — get, obtain. In Chinese: 获得，取得.
acquire is pronounced /əˈkwaɪər/.
During the Renaissance, European scholars traveled to distant libraries to acquire rare manuscripts of classical texts. (文艺复兴时期，欧洲学者前往遥远的图书馆获取古典文献的珍稀手稿。)
obtain, gain, procure — all close in meaning to acquire (get, obtain).
lose, relinquish — each the opposite of acquire (get, obtain).
Yes. acquire 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(strengthen)+quire(seek)