The announcement of a new comet's discovery generated great excitement among amateur astronomers worldwide.
发现新彗星的公告在世界各地的业余天文学家中引起了极大的兴奋。
Which choice best defines “excitement”?
A — A feeling of great enthusiasm and eagerness. “excitement” means a feeling of great enthusiasm and eagerness.
Which word means “a feeling of great enthusiasm and eagerness”?
D — excitement. “excitement” means a feeling of great enthusiasm and eagerness.
excitement — a feeling of great enthusiasm and eagerness. In Chinese: 激动，兴奋.
excitement is pronounced /ɪkˈsaɪtmənt/.
The announcement of a new comet's discovery generated great excitement among amateur astronomers worldwide. (发现新彗星的公告在世界各地的业余天文学家中引起了极大的兴奋。)
enthusiasm, eagerness, thrill — all close in meaning to excitement (a feeling of great enthusiasm and eagerness).
apathy, indifference — each the opposite of excitement (a feeling of great enthusiasm and eagerness).
Yes. excitement 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.