The conservation group made a public appeal for volunteers to help restore the local wetland habitat.
环保组织公开呼吁志愿者帮助恢复当地湿地栖息地。
In a controlled taste test, participants rated an unfamiliar fruit more favorably when it was labeled with an appealing, invented name than when the identical fruit was labeled with its actual, scientific-sounding name.
From a Inferences question · Information and Ideas
Political scientist Wendell Cho argues that ranked-choice voting reduces political polarization by rewarding candidates who appeal broadly rather than to a narrow base.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “appeal”?
A — Request earnestly, attract. “appeal” means request earnestly, attract.
Which word means “request earnestly, attract”?
B — appeal. “appeal” means request earnestly, attract.
appeal — request earnestly, attract. In Chinese: 呼吁，上诉.
appeal is pronounced /əˈpiːl/.
The conservation group made a public appeal for volunteers to help restore the local wetland habitat. (环保组织公开呼吁志愿者帮助恢复当地湿地栖息地。)
plead, entreat, beseech — all close in meaning to appeal (request earnestly, attract).
refuse, deny — each the opposite of appeal (request earnestly, attract).
Yes. appeal 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.
ap(strengthen)+peal(call)