The study of ancient maps requires extensive knowledge of historical cartography and navigation techniques.
研究古代地图需要深厚的历史制图学和航海技术知识。
Political scientist Devon Marsh counters that term limits can increase certain forms of corruption by pushing out experienced officials and handing more relative power to unelected staff and lobbyists who possess institutional knowledge that new officials lack.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
The essay begins by conceding that automation has increased efficiency in manufacturing, but the majority of the text focuses on documenting the loss of institutional knowledge that occurs when experienced workers are replaced by machines.
From a Text Structure and Purpose question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “knowledge”?
D — Information and skills acquired through experience or education. “knowledge” means information and skills acquired through experience or education.
Which word means “information and skills acquired through experience or education”?
B — knowledge. “knowledge” means information and skills acquired through experience or education.
knowledge — information and skills acquired through experience or education. In Chinese: 知识.
knowledge is pronounced /ˈnɒlɪdʒ/.
The study of ancient maps requires extensive knowledge of historical cartography and navigation techniques. (研究古代地图需要深厚的历史制图学和航海技术知识。)
understanding, expertise, erudition — all close in meaning to knowledge (information and skills acquired through experience or education).
ignorance — each the opposite of knowledge (information and skills acquired through experience or education).
Yes. knowledge 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.