After the dam broke, the sudden release of water threatened to inundate the entire valley within hours.
大坝决堤后，突然释放的水流在数小时内就可能淹没整个山谷。
Which choice best defines “inundate”?
B — To flood; overwhelm with quantity.. “inundate” means To flood; overwhelm with quantity..
Which word means “To flood; overwhelm with quantity.”?
A — inundate. “inundate” means To flood; overwhelm with quantity..
inundate — To flood; overwhelm with quantity.. In Chinese: 淹没;使应接不暇.
inundate is pronounced //ˈɪnʌndeɪt//.
After the dam broke, the sudden release of water threatened to inundate the entire valley within hours. (大坝决堤后，突然释放的水流在数小时内就可能淹没整个山谷。)
flood, overwhelm, deluge — all close in meaning to inundate (To flood; overwhelm with quantity.).
drain, empty — each the opposite of inundate (To flood; overwhelm with quantity.).
Yes. inundate 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 + und(波涌) → 洪水般涌来。