The agonizing wait for the test results made the students restless, though they knew the outcome would determine their summer internships.
等待考试结果的痛苦过程让学生们焦躁不安，尽管他们知道结果将决定他们的暑期实习。
Which choice best defines “agonizing”?
B — Causing great physical or mental pain. “agonizing” means causing great physical or mental pain.
Which word means “causing great physical or mental pain”?
B — agonizing. “agonizing” means causing great physical or mental pain.
agonizing — causing great physical or mental pain. In Chinese: 令人痛苦的.
agonizing is pronounced /ˈæɡənaɪzɪŋ/.
The agonizing wait for the test results made the students restless, though they knew the outcome would determine their summer internships. (等待考试结果的痛苦过程让学生们焦躁不安，尽管他们知道结果将决定他们的暑期实习。)
excruciating, torturous, painful — all close in meaning to agonizing (causing great physical or mental pain).
pleasant, comforting — each the opposite of agonizing (causing great physical or mental pain).
Yes. agonizing 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.