Insisting on the older spelling struck her colleagues as pedantic until she showed that the two forms meant different things.
坚持使用旧拼法在同事看来颇为迂腐，直到她证明两种形式含义不同。
Which choice best defines “pedantic”?
D — Overly concerned with minor rules.. “pedantic” means Overly concerned with minor rules..
Which word means “Overly concerned with minor rules.”?
B — pedantic. “pedantic” means Overly concerned with minor rules..
pedantic — Overly concerned with minor rules.. In Chinese: 迂腐的；卖弄学问的.
pedantic is pronounced //pɪˈdæntɪk//.
Insisting on the older spelling struck her colleagues as pedantic until she showed that the two forms meant different things. (坚持使用旧拼法在同事看来颇为迂腐，直到她证明两种形式含义不同。)
nitpicking, fussy, hairsplitting — all close in meaning to pedantic (Overly concerned with minor rules.).
practical, broad-minded — each the opposite of pedantic (Overly concerned with minor rules.).
Yes. pedantic 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.
ped(教书) → 书呆子气。