After the young mathematician solved the long-standing problem, her peers gathered to congratulate her on the elegant proof.
年轻数学家解决了长期存在的问题后，她的同行们聚集起来祝贺她优雅的证明。
Which choice best defines “congratulate”?
A — To express pleasure to someone for their success. “congratulate” means to express pleasure to someone for their success.
Which word means “to express pleasure to someone for their success”?
B — congratulate. “congratulate” means to express pleasure to someone for their success.
congratulate — to express pleasure to someone for their success. In Chinese: 祝贺.
congratulate is pronounced /kənˈɡrætʃʊleɪt/.
After the young mathematician solved the long-standing problem, her peers gathered to congratulate her on the elegant proof. (年轻数学家解决了长期存在的问题后，她的同行们聚集起来祝贺她优雅的证明。)
commend, praise, applaud — all close in meaning to congratulate (to express pleasure to someone for their success).
condemn, criticize — each the opposite of congratulate (to express pleasure to someone for their success).
Yes. congratulate 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.