The expedition faced a bleak landscape of frozen tundra, where no vegetation could survive the relentless winds.
探险队面对的是冻土带的荒凉景象，那里没有任何植被能在无情的风中生存。
Which choice best defines “bleak”?
C — Cold, depressing. “bleak” means cold, depressing.
Which word means “cold, depressing”?
B — bleak. “bleak” means cold, depressing.
bleak — cold, depressing. In Chinese: 荒凉的，阴郁的.
bleak is pronounced /bliːk/.
The expedition faced a bleak landscape of frozen tundra, where no vegetation could survive the relentless winds. (探险队面对的是冻土带的荒凉景象，那里没有任何植被能在无情的风中生存。)
grim, dismal, barren — all close in meaning to bleak (cold, depressing).
cheerful, promising — each the opposite of bleak (cold, depressing).
Yes. bleak is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. 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.
bleak (desolate)