After the sudden deluge, the river overflowed its banks, and the research team had to postpone their field survey until the waters receded.
暴雨过后，河水漫过堤岸，研究团队不得不推迟野外调查，直到洪水退去。
Which choice best defines “deluge”?
C — A great flood, v. overwhelm. “deluge” means a great flood, v. overwhelm.
Which word means “a great flood, v. overwhelm”?
C — deluge. “deluge” means a great flood, v. overwhelm.
deluge — a great flood, v. overwhelm. In Chinese: 洪水，暴雨；淹没.
deluge is pronounced /ˈdeljuːdʒ/.
After the sudden deluge, the river overflowed its banks, and the research team had to postpone their field survey until the waters receded. (暴雨过后，河水漫过堤岸，研究团队不得不推迟野外调查，直到洪水退去。)
flood, torrent, inundation — all close in meaning to deluge (a great flood, v. overwhelm).
drought, trickle — each the opposite of deluge (a great flood, v. overwhelm).
Yes. deluge 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.
de(down)+luge(flow).