ACCOMMODATE provides yet another example of an SAT vocabulary word with multiple meanings. ACCOMMODATE typically means to provide room for someone. For example, the small school bus can only accommodate 15 students. However, ACCOMMODATE can also mean to adapt or adjust. Needless to say, this is the meaning preferred by SAT test writers. Let’s take a look:
A recent vocabulary in context passage pointed out that a building’s needs often change over time. For example, oversized electrical conduits and accessible pull boxes many need to be modified. As a result, proactive electrical design must ACCOMMODATE these and other unpredictable changes.
TRANSCEND tempted many students. But TRANSCEND doesn’t fit the context because it means to go beyond and thus surpass normal limits.
ACCOMMODATE – to adapt or adjust
TRANSCEND – to go beyond, rise above, and surpass normal limits