Standing before the ancient redwood forest, the hikers felt a profound sense of awe at the trees' immense age and scale.
站在古老的红杉林前，徒步者对树木的巨大年龄和规模感到深深的敬畏。
Which choice best defines “awe”?
C — Wonder with fear/respect. “awe” means wonder with fear/respect.
Which word means “wonder with fear/respect”?
A — awe. “awe” means wonder with fear/respect.
awe — wonder with fear/respect. In Chinese: 敬畏.
awe is pronounced /ɔː/.
Standing before the ancient redwood forest, the hikers felt a profound sense of awe at the trees' immense age and scale. (站在古老的红杉林前，徒步者对树木的巨大年龄和规模感到深深的敬畏。)
wonder, reverence, amazement — all close in meaning to awe (wonder with fear/respect).
indifference, contempt — each the opposite of awe (wonder with fear/respect).
Yes. awe 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.
a(strengthen)+we(us)