As a freshman, she attended a mandatory orientation seminar that introduced the university's research library and academic advising services.
作为新生，她参加了一场强制性的入学指导研讨会，该研讨会介绍了大学的研究图书馆和学术咨询服务。
Which choice best defines “freshman”?
B — First-year student. “freshman” means first-year student.
Which word means “first-year student”?
D — freshman. “freshman” means first-year student.
freshman — first-year student. In Chinese: 新生，一年级生.
freshman is pronounced /ˈfreʃmən/.
As a freshman, she attended a mandatory orientation seminar that introduced the university's research library and academic advising services. (作为新生，她参加了一场强制性的入学指导研讨会，该研讨会介绍了大学的研究图书馆和学术咨询服务。)
first-year student, newcomer, novice — all close in meaning to freshman (first-year student).
senior, upperclassman — each the opposite of freshman (first-year student).
Yes. freshman 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.
fresh(new)+man(person)