The committee called the laboratory's disgraceful record keeping a betrayal of the standards that make published results trustworthy.
委员会称该实验室可耻的记录管理背弃了使研究结果得以可信的种种规范。
Which choice best defines “disgraceful”?
D — Very bad or unacceptable. “disgraceful” means very bad or unacceptable.
Which word means “very bad or unacceptable”?
C — disgraceful. “disgraceful” means very bad or unacceptable.
disgraceful — very bad or unacceptable. In Chinese: 可耻的.
disgraceful is pronounced /dɪsˈɡreɪsfl/.
The committee called the laboratory's disgraceful record keeping a betrayal of the standards that make published results trustworthy. (委员会称该实验室可耻的记录管理背弃了使研究结果得以可信的种种规范。)
shameful, deplorable, ignominious — all close in meaning to disgraceful (very bad or unacceptable).
admirable, commendable — each the opposite of disgraceful (very bad or unacceptable).
Yes. disgraceful 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.