The unruly crowd at the science fair pushed toward the robotics exhibit, forcing organizers to set up barriers for safety.
科学展上难以控制的人群涌向机器人展品,迫使组织者设置屏障以确保安全。
Which choice best defines “unruly”?
B — Hard to control, wild. “unruly” means hard to control, wild.
Which word means “hard to control, wild”?
A — unruly. “unruly” means hard to control, wild.
unruly — hard to control, wild. In Chinese: 难控制的,任性的.
unruly is pronounced /ʌnˈruːli/.
The unruly crowd at the science fair pushed toward the robotics exhibit, forcing organizers to set up barriers for safety. (科学展上难以控制的人群涌向机器人展品,迫使组织者设置屏障以确保安全。)
disorderly, unmanageable, rebellious — all close in meaning to unruly (hard to control, wild).
orderly, docile — each the opposite of unruly (hard to control, wild).
Yes. unruly 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.
un(not)+rule(rule)+y