Archaeologists carefully inspect each pottery shard for traces of pigment that might reveal the original decoration.
考古学家仔细检查每一片陶器碎片，寻找可能揭示原始装饰的颜料痕迹。
Which choice best defines “inspect”?
C — Look at carefully. “inspect” means look at carefully.
Which word means “look at carefully”?
D — inspect. “inspect” means look at carefully.
inspect — look at carefully. In Chinese: 检查，视察.
inspect is pronounced /ɪnˈspekt/.
Archaeologists carefully inspect each pottery shard for traces of pigment that might reveal the original decoration. (考古学家仔细检查每一片陶器碎片，寻找可能揭示原始装饰的颜料痕迹。)
examine, scrutinize, survey — all close in meaning to inspect (look at carefully).
ignore, overlook — each the opposite of inspect (look at carefully).
Yes. inspect 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.
in(inside)+spect(look).