A sudden power outage during his presentation did not embarrass the speaker, who continued calmly with his notes.
演讲时突然停电并没有使演讲者尴尬，他继续平静地按照笔记讲下去。
Which choice best defines “embarrass”?
D — To make someone feel awkward or ashamed. “embarrass” means to make someone feel awkward or ashamed.
Which word means “to make someone feel awkward or ashamed”?
D — embarrass. “embarrass” means to make someone feel awkward or ashamed.
embarrass — to make someone feel awkward or ashamed. In Chinese: 使尴尬.
embarrass is pronounced /ɪmˈbærəs/.
A sudden power outage during his presentation did not embarrass the speaker, who continued calmly with his notes. (演讲时突然停电并没有使演讲者尴尬，他继续平静地按照笔记讲下去。)
humiliate, shame, fluster — all close in meaning to embarrass (to make someone feel awkward or ashamed).
comfort, honor — each the opposite of embarrass (to make someone feel awkward or ashamed).
Yes. embarrass 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.