The research team spent months awaiting the results of the climate model simulations before publishing their findings.
研究团队花了数月等待气候模型模拟的结果，然后才发表他们的发现。
Which choice best defines “awaiting”?
D — Waiting for something. “awaiting” means waiting for something.
Which word means “waiting for something”?
C — awaiting. “awaiting” means waiting for something.
awaiting — waiting for something. In Chinese: 等待.
awaiting is pronounced /əˈweɪtɪŋ/.
The research team spent months awaiting the results of the climate model simulations before publishing their findings. (研究团队花了数月等待气候模型模拟的结果，然后才发表他们的发现。)
anticipating, expecting, waiting for — all close in meaning to awaiting (waiting for something).
dreading, despairing — each the opposite of awaiting (waiting for something).
Yes. awaiting 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.