The university will confer honorary degrees on two pioneering physicists at the upcoming commencement ceremony.
大学将在即将举行的毕业典礼上授予两位先驱物理学家荣誉学位。
Which choice best defines “confer”?
B — Grant; bestow; discuss. “confer” means grant; bestow; discuss.
Which word means “grant; bestow; discuss”?
A — confer. “confer” means grant; bestow; discuss.
confer — grant; bestow; discuss. In Chinese: 授予；协商.
confer is pronounced /kənˈfɜːr/.
The university will confer honorary degrees on two pioneering physicists at the upcoming commencement ceremony. (大学将在即将举行的毕业典礼上授予两位先驱物理学家荣誉学位。)
grant, bestow, award — all close in meaning to confer (grant; bestow; discuss).
withhold, revoke — each the opposite of confer (grant; bestow; discuss).
Yes. confer 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.
con- (together) + fer (bring) → grant, discuss.