Editors grew wary of results that appeared only once, and began requiring replication before publication.
编辑们对只出现过一次的结果日益警惕，开始要求重复实验后才予发表。
Which choice best defines “wary”?
B — Cautious; watchful.. “wary” means Cautious; watchful..
Which word means “Cautious; watchful.”?
B — wary. “wary” means Cautious; watchful..
wary — Cautious; watchful.. In Chinese: 谨慎的；警惕的.
wary is pronounced //ˈweəri//.
Editors grew wary of results that appeared only once, and began requiring replication before publication. (编辑们对只出现过一次的结果日益警惕，开始要求重复实验后才予发表。)
cautious, guarded, circumspect — all close in meaning to wary (Cautious; watchful.).
trusting, reckless — each the opposite of wary (Cautious; watchful.).
Yes. wary 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.
wary ≈ aware → 提防着。