The historians discovered that several court officials had been conspiring to alter the royal succession records in the early empire.
历史学家发现，几位宫廷官员曾在帝国早期密谋篡改王位继承记录。
Which choice best defines “conspiring”?
A — Planning secretly with others to do something bad. “conspiring” means planning secretly with others to do something bad.
Which word means “planning secretly with others to do something bad”?
B — conspiring. “conspiring” means planning secretly with others to do something bad.
conspiring — planning secretly with others to do something bad. In Chinese: 密谋.
conspiring is pronounced /kənˈspaɪərɪŋ/.
The historians discovered that several court officials had been conspiring to alter the royal succession records in the early empire. (历史学家发现，几位宫廷官员曾在帝国早期密谋篡改王位继承记录。)
plotting, scheming, colluding — all close in meaning to conspiring (planning secretly with others to do something bad).
cooperating, assisting — each the opposite of conspiring (planning secretly with others to do something bad).
Yes. conspiring 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.