The emptiness of the abandoned laboratory, with its dust-covered instruments, hinted at years of disuse.
废弃实验室的空旷，布满灰尘的仪器，暗示着多年未使用。
Which choice best defines “emptiness”?
A — The state of containing nothing. “emptiness” means the state of containing nothing.
Which word means “the state of containing nothing”?
D — emptiness. “emptiness” means the state of containing nothing.
emptiness — the state of containing nothing. In Chinese: 空虚，空洞.
emptiness is pronounced /ˈɛmptinəs/.
The emptiness of the abandoned laboratory, with its dust-covered instruments, hinted at years of disuse. (废弃实验室的空旷，布满灰尘的仪器，暗示着多年未使用。)
void, vacuum, blankness — all close in meaning to emptiness (the state of containing nothing).
fullness, substance — each the opposite of emptiness (the state of containing nothing).
Yes. emptiness 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.