The team encountered difficulty in extracting the fragile fossil without damaging its intricate structure.
团队在提取脆弱化石时遇到了困难，因为要避免损坏其复杂的结构。
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Which choice best defines “difficulty”?
D — The state or condition of being difficult. “difficulty” means the state or condition of being difficult.
Which word means “the state or condition of being difficult”?
B — difficulty. “difficulty” means the state or condition of being difficult.
difficulty — the state or condition of being difficult. In Chinese: 困难.
difficulty is pronounced /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/.
The team encountered difficulty in extracting the fragile fossil without damaging its intricate structure. (团队在提取脆弱化石时遇到了困难，因为要避免损坏其复杂的结构。)
challenge, hardship, obstacle — all close in meaning to difficulty (the state or condition of being difficult).
ease, facility — each the opposite of difficulty (the state or condition of being difficult).
Yes. difficulty 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.