The museum will inaugurate its new wing with a public ceremony featuring rare artifacts from the ancient world.
博物馆将举办一场公开仪式，展示来自古代世界的稀有文物，以此正式启用新馆翼。
Which choice best defines “inaugurate”?
A — Begin formally, install in office. “inaugurate” means begin formally, install in office.
Which word means “begin formally, install in office”?
C — inaugurate. “inaugurate” means begin formally, install in office.
inaugurate — begin formally, install in office. In Chinese: 开创，为……举行仪式.
inaugurate is pronounced /ɪˈnɔːɡjəreɪt/.
The museum will inaugurate its new wing with a public ceremony featuring rare artifacts from the ancient world. (博物馆将举办一场公开仪式，展示来自古代世界的稀有文物，以此正式启用新馆翼。)
initiate, launch, commence — all close in meaning to inaugurate (begin formally, install in office).
terminate, conclude — each the opposite of inaugurate (begin formally, install in office).
Yes. inaugurate 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.
in(begin)+augur(start)