The shrewd investor diversified her portfolio across emerging markets, anticipating fluctuations in commodity prices.
这位精明的投资者将投资组合分散到新兴市场，预见到大宗商品价格的波动。
Which choice best defines “shrewd”?
C — Clever and astute; cunning. “shrewd” means Clever and astute; cunning.
Which word means “Clever and astute; cunning”?
C — shrewd. “shrewd” means Clever and astute; cunning.
shrewd — Clever and astute; cunning. In Chinese: 精明的，敏锐的.
shrewd is pronounced /ʃruːd/.
The shrewd investor diversified her portfolio across emerging markets, anticipating fluctuations in commodity prices. (这位精明的投资者将投资组合分散到新兴市场，预见到大宗商品价格的波动。)
astute, cunning, clever — all close in meaning to shrewd (Clever and astute; cunning).
naive, foolish — each the opposite of shrewd (Clever and astute; cunning).
Yes. shrewd is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. 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.
shrew (termagant, cunning), shrewd → astute.