The sullen light of a winter afternoon made the specimens difficult to photograph without artificial lamps.
冬日午后阴沉的光线，让标本在不用人工灯具时很难拍摄。
Which choice best defines “sullen”?
D — Bad-tempered and sulky.. “sullen” means Bad-tempered and sulky..
Which word means “Bad-tempered and sulky.”?
C — sullen. “sullen” means Bad-tempered and sulky..
sullen — Bad-tempered and sulky.. In Chinese: 愠怒的；闷闷不乐的.
sullen is pronounced //ˈsʌlən//.
The sullen light of a winter afternoon made the specimens difficult to photograph without artificial lamps. (冬日午后阴沉的光线，让标本在不用人工灯具时很难拍摄。)
sulky, morose, brooding — all close in meaning to sullen (Bad-tempered and sulky.).
cheerful, affable — each the opposite of sullen (Bad-tempered and sulky.).
Yes. sullen is on the SAT Prep Difficult list — the higher-register words that decide the hard questions. 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.
sol(独) → 独自生闷气。