Penitent about the missed deadline, the researcher rewrote the section and delivered it a week ahead of the new one.
这位研究者为错过截止日期深感懊悔，重写了那一节，并提前一周交付。
Which choice best defines “penitent”?
C — Repentant remorseful sorry. “penitent” means repentant remorseful sorry.
Which word means “repentant remorseful sorry”?
C — penitent. “penitent” means repentant remorseful sorry.
penitent — repentant remorseful sorry. In Chinese: 悔过的，忏悔的.
penitent is pronounced /ˈpɛnɪtənt/.
Penitent about the missed deadline, the researcher rewrote the section and delivered it a week ahead of the new one. (这位研究者为错过截止日期深感懊悔，重写了那一节，并提前一周交付。)
remorseful, contrite, apologetic — all close in meaning to penitent (repentant remorseful sorry).
unrepentant, defiant — each the opposite of penitent (repentant remorseful sorry).
Yes. penitent 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.
pen-(repentance, penance) + ent → repentant, remorseful.