Reticent about her own contribution, she credited the result to the technicians who had built the apparatus.
她对自己的贡献缄口不言，把成果归功于制造仪器的技师。
Which choice best defines “reticent”?
D — Reserved; reluctant to speak.. “reticent” means Reserved; reluctant to speak..
Which word means “Reserved; reluctant to speak.”?
B — reticent. “reticent” means Reserved; reluctant to speak..
reticent — Reserved; reluctant to speak.. In Chinese: 沉默寡言的；缄默的.
reticent is pronounced //ˈrɛtɪsnt//.
Reticent about her own contribution, she credited the result to the technicians who had built the apparatus. (她对自己的贡献缄口不言，把成果归功于制造仪器的技师。)
reserved, taciturn, guarded — all close in meaning to reticent (Reserved; reluctant to speak.).
forthcoming, talkative — each the opposite of reticent (Reserved; reluctant to speak.).
Yes. reticent 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.
同 reticence → 寡言的。