A raucous colony of seabirds makes the cliff audible from a mile offshore.
一群喧闹的海鸟让这处崖壁在离岸一英里外就能听见。
Which choice best defines “raucous”?
D — Harsh and loud; boisterous.. “raucous” means Harsh and loud; boisterous..
Which word means “Harsh and loud; boisterous.”?
D — raucous. “raucous” means Harsh and loud; boisterous..
raucous — Harsh and loud; boisterous.. In Chinese: 刺耳的；喧闹的.
raucous is pronounced //ˈrɔːkəs//.
A raucous colony of seabirds makes the cliff audible from a mile offshore. (一群喧闹的海鸟让这处崖壁在离岸一英里外就能听见。)
harsh, strident, boisterous — all close in meaning to raucous (Harsh and loud; boisterous.).
quiet, mellow — each the opposite of raucous (Harsh and loud; boisterous.).
Yes. raucous 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.
rauc(嘶哑) → 又吵又哑。