To augment the museum's collection, the curator acquired rare fossils from a private seller at auction.
为了扩充博物馆的藏品，馆长在拍卖会上从私人卖家手中购得了稀有化石。
Which choice best defines “augment”?
C — To make larger; increase.. “augment” means To make larger; increase..
Which word means “To make larger; increase.”?
C — augment. “augment” means To make larger; increase..
augment — To make larger; increase.. In Chinese: 增大;增加.
augment is pronounced //ɔːɡˈmɛnt//.
To augment the museum's collection, the curator acquired rare fossils from a private seller at auction. (为了扩充博物馆的藏品，馆长在拍卖会上从私人卖家手中购得了稀有化石。)
increase, enhance, supplement — all close in meaning to augment (To make larger; increase.).
decrease, diminish — each the opposite of augment (To make larger; increase.).
Yes. augment is on the SAT Prep Difficult list — the higher-register words that decide the hard questions. 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.
aug(增) → 扩充。