A sardonic footnote observes that the committee had studied the problem for longer than the bridge itself took to build.
一处讥诮的脚注写道，委员会研究这个问题的时间比造那座桥还长。
Which choice best defines “sardonic”?
B — Grimly mocking; scornful.. “sardonic” means Grimly mocking; scornful..
Which word means “Grimly mocking; scornful.”?
D — sardonic. “sardonic” means Grimly mocking; scornful..
sardonic — Grimly mocking; scornful.. In Chinese: 嘲讽的；讥诮的.
sardonic is pronounced //sɑːˈdɒnɪk//.
A sardonic footnote observes that the committee had studied the problem for longer than the bridge itself took to build. (一处讥诮的脚注写道，委员会研究这个问题的时间比造那座桥还长。)
mocking, sneering, wry — all close in meaning to sardonic (Grimly mocking; scornful.).
sincere, earnest — each the opposite of sardonic (Grimly mocking; scornful.).
Yes. sardonic 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.
Sardinia 毒草使人狞笑 → 冷笑。