The scent of freshly baked bread began to permeate the entire bakery, drawing customers in from the street.
新鲜出炉的面包的香气开始渗透整个面包店，吸引顾客从街上进来。
Which choice best defines “permeate”?
B — To spread throughout something. “permeate” means to spread throughout something.
Which word means “to spread throughout something”?
B — permeate. “permeate” means to spread throughout something.
permeate — to spread throughout something. In Chinese: 渗透.
permeate is pronounced /ˈpɜːrmieɪt/.
The scent of freshly baked bread began to permeate the entire bakery, drawing customers in from the street. (新鲜出炉的面包的香气开始渗透整个面包店，吸引顾客从街上进来。)
penetrate, saturate, pervade — all close in meaning to permeate (to spread throughout something).
evacuate, withdraw — each the opposite of permeate (to spread throughout something).
Yes. permeate is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. 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.