The park rangers worked quickly to quell the campfire before the dry brush ignited into a larger blaze.
公园护林员迅速行动，在干灌木丛燃起更大火焰之前扑灭了篝火。
Which choice best defines “quell”?
C — To suppress; subdue; calm. “quell” means to suppress; subdue; calm.
Which word means “to suppress; subdue; calm”?
C — quell. “quell” means to suppress; subdue; calm.
quell — to suppress; subdue; calm. In Chinese: 镇压；平息.
quell is pronounced /kwɛl/.
The park rangers worked quickly to quell the campfire before the dry brush ignited into a larger blaze. (公园护林员迅速行动，在干灌木丛燃起更大火焰之前扑灭了篝火。)
suppress, subdue, calm — all close in meaning to quell (to suppress; subdue; calm).
incite, provoke — each the opposite of quell (to suppress; subdue; calm).
Yes. quell 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.
From Old English cwellan (suppress) → to suppress, quell.