The shocking discovery of ancient artifacts beneath the parking lot rewrote the history of the settlement.
在停车场下发现的令人震惊的古代文物改写了该定居点的历史。
Which choice best defines “shocking”?
B — Causing intense surprise or disgust. “shocking” means causing intense surprise or disgust.
Which word means “causing intense surprise or disgust”?
B — shocking. “shocking” means causing intense surprise or disgust.
shocking — causing intense surprise or disgust. In Chinese: 令人震惊的.
shocking is pronounced /ˈʃɑkɪŋ/.
The shocking discovery of ancient artifacts beneath the parking lot rewrote the history of the settlement. (在停车场下发现的令人震惊的古代文物改写了该定居点的历史。)
astonishing, startling, appalling — all close in meaning to shocking (causing intense surprise or disgust).
unsurprising, expected — each the opposite of shocking (causing intense surprise or disgust).
Yes. shocking 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.