The engineering firm could not guarantee that the bridge would withstand a magnitude nine earthquake.
工程公司无法保证这座桥能承受九级地震。
Which choice best defines “guarantee”?
C — To promise that something will happen or be done. “guarantee” means to promise that something will happen or be done.
Which word means “to promise that something will happen or be done”?
D — guarantee. “guarantee” means to promise that something will happen or be done.
guarantee — to promise that something will happen or be done. In Chinese: 保证.
guarantee is pronounced /ˌɡærənˈtiː/.
The engineering firm could not guarantee that the bridge would withstand a magnitude nine earthquake. (工程公司无法保证这座桥能承受九级地震。)
ensure, pledge, assure — all close in meaning to guarantee (to promise that something will happen or be done).
deny, refuse — each the opposite of guarantee (to promise that something will happen or be done).
Yes. guarantee 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.