A 2021 study on urban heat islands began by presenting temperature data from twelve cities, then devoted its remaining sections to proposing specific policy interventions—reflective pavement, expanded tree canopy, and cool-roof requirements—that city governments could adopt to mitigate the effect.
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A recent survey of small business owners found that the most commonly cited obstacle to growth was not access to capital, as many assume, but difficulty finding workers with the specific technical skills the business required.
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An article about renewable energy storage opens with a technical explanation of how lithium-ion batteries degrade over repeated charging cycles, then spends its remaining sections describing three emerging alternative battery technologies designed to avoid this specific problem.
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Which choice best defines “specific”?
D — Particular, precise. “specific” means particular, precise.
Which word means “particular, precise”?
C — specific. “specific” means particular, precise.
specific — particular, precise. In Chinese: 特定的，明确的.
specific is pronounced /spəˈsɪfɪk/.
A 2021 study on urban heat islands began by presenting temperature data from twelve cities, then devoted its remaining sections to proposing specific policy interventions—reflective pavement, expanded tree canopy, and cool-roof requirements—that city governments could adopt to mitigate the effect.
Yes. specific 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.
spec(look)+ific(form).