Despite the promising data, the committee remained skeptical about the new treatment's long-term effectiveness.
尽管数据令人鼓舞，委员会仍然对新疗法的长期效果持怀疑态度。
Which choice best defines “skeptical”?
C — Having doubts or reservations. “skeptical” means having doubts or reservations.
Which word means “having doubts or reservations”?
B — skeptical. “skeptical” means having doubts or reservations.
skeptical — having doubts or reservations. In Chinese: 怀疑的.
skeptical is pronounced /ˈskeptɪkəl/.
Despite the promising data, the committee remained skeptical about the new treatment's long-term effectiveness. (尽管数据令人鼓舞，委员会仍然对新疗法的长期效果持怀疑态度。)
doubtful, unconvinced, distrustful — all close in meaning to skeptical (having doubts or reservations).
credulous, trusting — each the opposite of skeptical (having doubts or reservations).
Yes. skeptical 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.
From Latin skeptikos (skeptical).