As an apprentice to a master carpenter, she spent two years learning the precise techniques of traditional joinery.
作为木匠大师的学徒，她花了两年时间学习传统榫接的精确技术。
Which choice best defines “apprentice”?
D — A person learning a trade from a skilled employer. “apprentice” means a person learning a trade from a skilled employer.
Which word means “a person learning a trade from a skilled employer”?
B — apprentice. “apprentice” means a person learning a trade from a skilled employer.
apprentice — a person learning a trade from a skilled employer. In Chinese: 学徒，徒弟.
apprentice is pronounced /əˈprɛntɪs/.
As an apprentice to a master carpenter, she spent two years learning the precise techniques of traditional joinery. (作为木匠大师的学徒，她花了两年时间学习传统榫接的精确技术。)
trainee, learner, novice — all close in meaning to apprentice (a person learning a trade from a skilled employer).
master, expert — each the opposite of apprentice (a person learning a trade from a skilled employer).
Yes. apprentice 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.