The indolent student rarely completed assignments on time, preferring to spend afternoons napping instead of studying.
这个懒散的学生很少按时完成作业,宁愿下午打盹也不愿学习。
Which choice best defines “indolent”?
B — Lazy; averse to activity.. “indolent” means Lazy; averse to activity..
Which word means “Lazy; averse to activity.”?
D — indolent. “indolent” means Lazy; averse to activity..
indolent — Lazy; averse to activity.. In Chinese: 懒惰的;懒散的.
indolent is pronounced //ˈɪndələnt//.
The indolent student rarely completed assignments on time, preferring to spend afternoons napping instead of studying. (这个懒散的学生很少按时完成作业,宁愿下午打盹也不愿学习。)
lazy, idle, sluggish — all close in meaning to indolent (Lazy; averse to activity.).
industrious, diligent — each the opposite of indolent (Lazy; averse to activity.).
Yes. indolent 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.
同 indolence → 好逸恶劳的。