When heated to a moderate temperature, the crystalline sugar began to dissolve rapidly in the warm water.
加热至适中温度时，结晶糖开始迅速溶解在温水中。
- Sinkholes form when underground water dissolves soluble rock, such as limestone, creating hidden voids.
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- Slightly acidic rainwater gradually dissolves the bedrock over thousands of years, creating underground caves and channels.
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- Karst regions often have unusually vulnerable groundwater systems, since pollutants can travel quickly through the dissolved channels with little natural filtering.
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Which choice best defines “dissolve”?
D — Melt, become liquid. “dissolve” means melt, become liquid.
Which word means “melt, become liquid”?
D — dissolve. “dissolve” means melt, become liquid.
dissolve — melt, become liquid. In Chinese: 溶解，解散.
dissolve is pronounced /dɪˈzɒlv/.
When heated to a moderate temperature, the crystalline sugar began to dissolve rapidly in the warm water. (加热至适中温度时，结晶糖开始迅速溶解在温水中。)
melt, liquefy, disintegrate — all close in meaning to dissolve (melt, become liquid).
solidify, crystallize — each the opposite of dissolve (melt, become liquid).
Yes. dissolve 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(separate)+solve(untangle).