The versatile compound can serve as both a solvent in industrial processes and a key ingredient in pharmaceutical formulations, demonstrating its wide-ranging utility.
这种多功能化合物既可作为工业过程中的溶剂，又可作为药物配方中的关键成分，展示了其广泛的用途。
Which choice best defines “versatile”?
C — Able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities.. “versatile” means able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities..
Which word means “able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities.”?
B — versatile. “versatile” means able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities..
versatile — able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities.. In Chinese: 多才多艺的; 多功能的.
versatile is pronounced /ˈvɜːrsətaɪl/.
The versatile compound can serve as both a solvent in industrial processes and a key ingredient in pharmaceutical formulations, demonstrating its wide-ranging utility. (这种多功能化合物既可作为工业过程中的溶剂，又可作为药物配方中的关键成分，展示了其广泛的用途。)
adaptable, multifaceted, flexible — all close in meaning to versatile (able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities.).
limited, inflexible — each the opposite of versatile (able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities.).
Yes. versatile 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.
vers(change) + atile(adjective suffix)→ versatile, multi-skilled.