The mountain's insurmountable cliffs discouraged even the most experienced climbers from attempting an ascent.
这座山无法逾越的悬崖令即使最有经验的攀登者也望而却步，不敢尝试攀登。
Which choice best defines “insurmountable”?
B — Too great to be overcome.. “insurmountable” means Too great to be overcome..
Which word means “Too great to be overcome.”?
B — insurmountable. “insurmountable” means Too great to be overcome..
insurmountable — Too great to be overcome.. In Chinese: 无法克服的;不可逾越的.
insurmountable is pronounced //ˌɪnsərˈmaʊntəbl//.
The mountain's insurmountable cliffs discouraged even the most experienced climbers from attempting an ascent. (这座山无法逾越的悬崖令即使最有经验的攀登者也望而却步，不敢尝试攀登。)
overwhelming, unconquerable, insuperable — all close in meaning to insurmountable (Too great to be overcome.).
surmountable, conquerable — each the opposite of insurmountable (Too great to be overcome.).
Yes. insurmountable 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(不) + surmount(越过) + -able → 无法翻越 → 不可逾越。