Accessibility advocate Marcus Reyes notes that removing curbside parking can eliminate crucial drop-off points for customers with mobility impairments, meaning the conversion could reduce access for some patrons even as it benefits others.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “crucial”?
A — Very important. “crucial” means very important.
Which word means “very important”?
D — crucial. “crucial” means very important.
crucial — very important. In Chinese: 至关重要的，决定性的.
crucial is pronounced /ˈkruːʃl/.
Accessibility advocate Marcus Reyes notes that removing curbside parking can eliminate crucial drop-off points for customers with mobility impairments, meaning the conversion could reduce access for some patrons even as it benefits others.
Yes. crucial 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.
cruc(cross)+ial(adjective).