The new intern's awkward handling of the microscope caused several slides to shatter on the laboratory floor.
新实习生笨拙地操作显微镜，导致几片载玻片在实验室地板上碎裂。
Which choice best defines “awkward”?
B — Clumsy, uncomfortable. “awkward” means clumsy, uncomfortable.
Which word means “clumsy, uncomfortable”?
A — awkward. “awkward” means clumsy, uncomfortable.
awkward — clumsy, uncomfortable. In Chinese: 尴尬的，笨拙的.
awkward is pronounced /ˈɔːkwərd/.
The new intern's awkward handling of the microscope caused several slides to shatter on the laboratory floor. (新实习生笨拙地操作显微镜，导致几片载玻片在实验室地板上碎裂。)
clumsy, ungainly, uncomfortable — all close in meaning to awkward (clumsy, uncomfortable).
graceful, smooth — each the opposite of awkward (clumsy, uncomfortable).
Yes. awkward 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.
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