It is easy to exaggerate the speed of technological change, but the pace of innovation in computing has indeed been remarkable.
人们很容易夸大技术变革的速度，但计算领域的创新步伐确实令人瞩目。
Which choice best defines “exaggerate”?
B — Make something seem bigger than it is. “exaggerate” means make something seem bigger than it is.
Which word means “make something seem bigger than it is”?
A — exaggerate. “exaggerate” means make something seem bigger than it is.
exaggerate — make something seem bigger than it is. In Chinese: 夸大，夸张.
exaggerate is pronounced /ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪt/.
It is easy to exaggerate the speed of technological change, but the pace of innovation in computing has indeed been remarkable. (人们很容易夸大技术变革的速度，但计算领域的创新步伐确实令人瞩目。)
overstate, embellish, magnify — all close in meaning to exaggerate (make something seem bigger than it is).
understate, minimize — each the opposite of exaggerate (make something seem bigger than it is).
Yes. exaggerate 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.
ex(out)+agger(urging)+ate(verb).