The prospect of exploring the deep ocean trenches remains an exciting frontier for marine biologists.
探索深海海沟的前景仍然是海洋生物学家们令人兴奋的前沿领域。
Which choice best defines “exciting”?
C — Causing great enthusiasm and eagerness. “exciting” means causing great enthusiasm and eagerness.
Which word means “causing great enthusiasm and eagerness”?
A — exciting. “exciting” means causing great enthusiasm and eagerness.
exciting — causing great enthusiasm and eagerness. In Chinese: 令人激动的，令人兴奋的.
exciting is pronounced /ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ/.
The prospect of exploring the deep ocean trenches remains an exciting frontier for marine biologists. (探索深海海沟的前景仍然是海洋生物学家们令人兴奋的前沿领域。)
thrilling, stimulating, electrifying — all close in meaning to exciting (causing great enthusiasm and eagerness).
boring, dull — each the opposite of exciting (causing great enthusiasm and eagerness).
Yes. exciting 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.