The city council voted to allocate funds for the restoration of the historic library, a decision that delighted local residents.
市议会投票决定拨款修复这座历史悠久的图书馆，这一决定令当地居民感到高兴。
Community gardens in the United States produce, collectively, an estimated value of fresh produce that rivals the annual budgets of several small municipal parks departments, a statistic often cited by advocates pushing city councils to allocate more unused land for gardening plots.
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Which choice best defines “council”?
B — Group that makes decisions. “council” means group that makes decisions.
Which word means “group that makes decisions”?
B — council. “council” means group that makes decisions.
council — group that makes decisions. In Chinese: 委员会.
council is pronounced /ˈkaʊnsl/.
The city council voted to allocate funds for the restoration of the historic library, a decision that delighted local residents. (市议会投票决定拨款修复这座历史悠久的图书馆，这一决定令当地居民感到高兴。)
committee, board, assembly — all close in meaning to council (group that makes decisions).
Yes. council 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.
council(meeting)