Heavy snowfall can impede the progress of rescue teams, delaying their arrival to remote mountain villages.
大雪会阻碍救援队的行进，延误他们到达偏远山村的时间。
Which choice best defines “impede”?
C — To hinder; obstruct.. “impede” means To hinder; obstruct..
Which word means “To hinder; obstruct.”?
D — impede. “impede” means To hinder; obstruct..
impede — To hinder; obstruct.. In Chinese: 阻碍；妨碍.
impede is pronounced //ɪmˈpiːd//.
Heavy snowfall can impede the progress of rescue teams, delaying their arrival to remote mountain villages. (大雪会阻碍救援队的行进，延误他们到达偏远山村的时间。)
hinder, obstruct, hamper — all close in meaning to impede (To hinder; obstruct.).
facilitate, assist — each the opposite of impede (To hinder; obstruct.).
Yes. impede is on the SAT Prep Difficult list — the higher-register words that decide the hard questions. 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.
im- + ped(脚) → 绊脚。