Researcher Nicholas Bloom acknowledges productivity gains on individual tasks but warns that fully remote teams may innovate less, because the spontaneous, in-person exchanges that spark new ideas rarely occur online.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “innovate”?
B — To create; introduce; modernize. “innovate” means to create; introduce; modernize.
Which word means “to create; introduce; modernize”?
B — innovate. “innovate” means to create; introduce; modernize.
innovate — to create; introduce; modernize. In Chinese: 创新；革新.
innovate is pronounced /ˈɪnəveɪt/.
Researcher Nicholas Bloom acknowledges productivity gains on individual tasks but warns that fully remote teams may innovate less, because the spontaneous, in-person exchanges that spark new ideas rarely occur online.
Yes. innovate 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-(enter) + nov(new) + ate → to innovate.