The drought left the farming community destitute, with no crops to sell and no savings to fall back on.
干旱使农业社区陷入赤贫，没有作物可卖，也没有积蓄可依靠。
Which choice best defines “destitute”?
D — Utterly lacking; extremely poor.. “destitute” means Utterly lacking; extremely poor..
Which word means “Utterly lacking; extremely poor.”?
B — destitute. “destitute” means Utterly lacking; extremely poor..
destitute — Utterly lacking; extremely poor.. In Chinese: 赤贫的；一无所有的.
destitute is pronounced //ˈdɛstɪtjuːt//.
The drought left the farming community destitute, with no crops to sell and no savings to fall back on. (干旱使农业社区陷入赤贫，没有作物可卖，也没有积蓄可依靠。)
impoverished, penniless, indigent — all close in meaning to destitute (Utterly lacking; extremely poor.).
wealthy, affluent — each the opposite of destitute (Utterly lacking; extremely poor.).
Yes. destitute is on the SAT Prep Difficult list — the higher-register words that decide the hard questions. 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- + stit(站) → 一无所立 → 穷困。