An acute shortage of clean water threatened the arid region's agricultural output and public health.
清洁水的严重短缺威胁着干旱地区的农业产出和公共健康。
Certain species of jumping spider possess unusually acute vision for their small size, with specialized retinal structures that allow them to see in a level of detail comparable to much larger animals.
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Which choice best defines “acute”?
A — Sharp; severe; intense. “acute” means sharp; severe; intense.
Which word means “sharp; severe; intense”?
A — acute. “acute” means sharp; severe; intense.
acute — sharp; severe; intense. In Chinese: 敏锐的；严重的.
acute is pronounced /əˈkjuːt/.
An acute shortage of clean water threatened the arid region's agricultural output and public health. (清洁水的严重短缺威胁着干旱地区的农业产出和公共健康。)
sharp, severe, intense — all close in meaning to acute (sharp; severe; intense).
dull, mild — each the opposite of acute (sharp; severe; intense).
Yes. acute 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.
acu (sharp) + te → keen, intense