The dense forest canopy blocked most sunlight, creating a dim understory where only shade-tolerant plants thrived.
茂密的森林树冠阻挡了大部分阳光，形成了昏暗的林下植被层，只有耐阴植物才能繁茂生长。
Certain species of parrot possess an unusually dense concentration of neurons in a brain region associated with problem-solving, despite having a brain far smaller in overall size than that of many mammals.
From a Central Ideas and Details question · Information and Ideas
Bristlecone pines, found in the high-altitude mountains of the western United States, grow extremely slowly in harsh, nutrient-poor conditions; remarkably, this slow growth, combined with wood so dense it resists insects and fungal decay, allows some individual trees to survive for over 4,000 years.
From a Central Ideas and Details question · Information and Ideas
- It started in a bakery on Pudding Lane and spread rapidly through the city's densely packed wooden buildings.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
Which choice best defines “dense”?
A — Packed closely. “dense” means packed closely.
Which word means “packed closely”?
D — dense. “dense” means packed closely.
dense — packed closely. In Chinese: 密集的.
dense is pronounced /dens/.
The dense forest canopy blocked most sunlight, creating a dim understory where only shade-tolerant plants thrived. (茂密的森林树冠阻挡了大部分阳光，形成了昏暗的林下植被层，只有耐阴植物才能繁茂生长。)
compact, thick, crowded — all close in meaning to dense (packed closely).
sparse, thin — each the opposite of dense (packed closely).
Yes. dense 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.
dens(compact)