Concealing the failed trials was reprehensible precisely because the published trials looked so convincing without them.
隐瞒失败的试验之所以应受谴责，正因为缺了它们，已发表的试验看起来太有说服力。
Which choice best defines “reprehensible”?
B — Deserving censure.. “reprehensible” means Deserving censure..
Which word means “Deserving censure.”?
B — reprehensible. “reprehensible” means Deserving censure..
reprehensible — Deserving censure.. In Chinese: 应受谴责的；该斥责的.
reprehensible is pronounced //ˌrɛprɪˈhɛnsəbl//.
Concealing the failed trials was reprehensible precisely because the published trials looked so convincing without them. (隐瞒失败的试验之所以应受谴责，正因为缺了它们，已发表的试验看起来太有说服力。)
blameworthy, inexcusable, culpable — all close in meaning to reprehensible (Deserving censure.).
praiseworthy, admirable — each the opposite of reprehensible (Deserving censure.).
Yes. reprehensible 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.
re + prehend(抓) → 该被抓来问责。