As the glacier receded over decades, the ancient rock paintings began to disappear from the cliff face.
随着冰川在数十年间消退，古老的岩画开始从悬崖表面消失。
Glaciologist Kirsten Vold's model predicts that a particular alpine glacier will disappear entirely within 25 years given current warming trends.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
- Surface features of karst landscapes include sinkholes, disappearing streams, and natural bridges.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
Which choice best defines “disappear”?
C — To cease to be visible. “disappear” means to cease to be visible.
Which word means “to cease to be visible”?
D — disappear. “disappear” means to cease to be visible.
disappear — to cease to be visible. In Chinese: 消失.
disappear is pronounced /ˌdɪsəˈpɪr/.
As the glacier receded over decades, the ancient rock paintings began to disappear from the cliff face. (随着冰川在数十年间消退，古老的岩画开始从悬崖表面消失。)
vanish, fade, evaporate — all close in meaning to disappear (to cease to be visible).
appear, emerge — each the opposite of disappear (to cease to be visible).
Yes. disappear 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.