Certain desert plants can tolerate extreme heat and prolonged drought by storing water in their thick, fleshy leaves.
某些沙漠植物能容忍极端高温和长期干旱，它们通过在肥厚的叶片中储存水分来实现这一点。
Which choice best defines “tolerate”?
D — Put up with, allow. “tolerate” means put up with, allow.
Which word means “put up with, allow”?
D — tolerate. “tolerate” means put up with, allow.
tolerate — put up with, allow. In Chinese: 容忍，宽容.
tolerate is pronounced /ˈtɑːləreɪt/.
Certain desert plants can tolerate extreme heat and prolonged drought by storing water in their thick, fleshy leaves. (某些沙漠植物能容忍极端高温和长期干旱，它们通过在肥厚的叶片中储存水分来实现这一点。)
endure, accept, permit — all close in meaning to tolerate (put up with, allow).
reject, forbid — each the opposite of tolerate (put up with, allow).
Yes. tolerate 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.
toler(put up with)+ate