Advances in prosthetic technology have enabled many individuals with a leg disability to participate in competitive sports at a professional level.
假肢技术的进步使许多腿部残疾的人能够以专业水平参与竞技体育。
Which choice best defines “disability”?
C — Physical/mental condition that limits. “disability” means physical/mental condition that limits.
Which word means “physical/mental condition that limits”?
C — disability. “disability” means physical/mental condition that limits.
disability — physical/mental condition that limits. In Chinese: 残疾，缺陷.
disability is pronounced /ˌdɪsəˈbɪləti/.
Advances in prosthetic technology have enabled many individuals with a leg disability to participate in competitive sports at a professional level. (假肢技术的进步使许多腿部残疾的人能够以专业水平参与竞技体育。)
impairment, handicap, limitation — all close in meaning to disability (physical/mental condition that limits).
ability, capability — each the opposite of disability (physical/mental condition that limits).
Yes. disability 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.
dis(not)+ability(capability)