To purify the mixture, chemists use a centrifuge to separate the heavier particles from the lighter liquid.
为了净化混合物，化学家使用离心机将较重的颗粒与较轻的液体分离。
A separate research team led by Omar Haddad found that sediment naturally accumulating in the same wetland is raising its elevation fast enough to offset a significant portion of the projected sea-level rise, though not all of it.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
The Icelandic sagas, composed centuries after the events they describe, blend historical fact with legend so thoroughly that modern historians must cross-reference archaeological evidence to separate probable fact from embellishment.
From a Central Ideas and Details question · Information and Ideas
In a laboratory experiment, plants grown under intermittent light exposure—several short light periods separated by darkness—produced more biomass than genetically identical plants grown under a single continuous light period of the same total duration.
From a Inferences question · Information and Ideas
Which choice best defines “separate”?
C — To cause to move or be apart. “separate” means to cause to move or be apart.
Which word means “to cause to move or be apart”?
A — separate. “separate” means to cause to move or be apart.
separate — to cause to move or be apart. In Chinese: 分开，分离.
separate is pronounced /ˈsɛpəˌreɪt/.
To purify the mixture, chemists use a centrifuge to separate the heavier particles from the lighter liquid. (为了净化混合物，化学家使用离心机将较重的颗粒与较轻的液体分离。)
divide, detach, split — all close in meaning to separate (to cause to move or be apart).
join, combine — each the opposite of separate (to cause to move or be apart).
Yes. separate is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. 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.