The chemist used a solvent to extract the essential oil from the dried lavender flowers.
化学家使用溶剂从干燥的薰衣草花中提取精油。
- Crows have been observed using twigs and other tools to extract insects from tree bark.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
Which choice best defines “extract”?
B — Remove or take out; short passage. “extract” means remove or take out; short passage.
Which word means “remove or take out; short passage”?
D — extract. “extract” means remove or take out; short passage.
extract — remove or take out; short passage. In Chinese: 提取，摘录.
extract is pronounced /ɪkˈstrækt/.
The chemist used a solvent to extract the essential oil from the dried lavender flowers. (化学家使用溶剂从干燥的薰衣草花中提取精油。)
remove, withdraw, excerpt — all close in meaning to extract (remove or take out; short passage).
insert, embed — each the opposite of extract (remove or take out; short passage).
Yes. extract 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)+tract(pull)