The exaggerated claims about the new battery's capacity were later corrected after independent laboratory tests.
关于新电池容量的夸大说法在独立实验室测试后得到了纠正。
Which choice best defines “exaggerated”?
C — Made to seem larger or more important than it really is. “exaggerated” means made to seem larger or more important than it really is.
Which word means “made to seem larger or more important than it really is”?
C — exaggerated. “exaggerated” means made to seem larger or more important than it really is.
exaggerated — made to seem larger or more important than it really is. In Chinese: 夸张的,言过其实的.
exaggerated is pronounced /ɪɡˈzædʒəˌreɪtɪd/.
The exaggerated claims about the new battery's capacity were later corrected after independent laboratory tests. (关于新电池容量的夸大说法在独立实验室测试后得到了纠正。)
overstated, inflated, embellished — all close in meaning to exaggerated (made to seem larger or more important than it really is).
understated, accurate — each the opposite of exaggerated (made to seem larger or more important than it really is).
Yes. exaggerated 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.