The geologist felt uneasy about the stability of the cliff face, so she ordered additional seismic monitoring.
地质学家对悬崖面的稳定性感到不安,因此她下令进行额外的地震监测。
Which choice best defines “uneasy”?
B — Worried, anxious. “uneasy” means worried, anxious.
Which word means “worried, anxious”?
A — uneasy. “uneasy” means worried, anxious.
uneasy — worried, anxious. In Chinese: 不安的,忧虑的.
uneasy is pronounced /ʌnˈiːzi/.
The geologist felt uneasy about the stability of the cliff face, so she ordered additional seismic monitoring. (地质学家对悬崖面的稳定性感到不安,因此她下令进行额外的地震监测。)
anxious, apprehensive, nervous — all close in meaning to uneasy (worried, anxious).
calm, relaxed — each the opposite of uneasy (worried, anxious).
Yes. uneasy is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. 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.
un(not)+easy