The expedition leader's decisive action during the sudden storm prevented a potentially disastrous outcome for the team.
探险队长在突如其来的风暴中果断行动，防止了团队可能发生的灾难性后果。
Which choice best defines “decisive”?
D — Able to make decisions quickly and confidently. “decisive” means able to make decisions quickly and confidently.
Which word means “able to make decisions quickly and confidently”?
D — decisive. “decisive” means able to make decisions quickly and confidently.
decisive — able to make decisions quickly and confidently. In Chinese: 果断的.
decisive is pronounced /dɪˈsaɪsɪv/.
The expedition leader's decisive action during the sudden storm prevented a potentially disastrous outcome for the team. (探险队长在突如其来的风暴中果断行动，防止了团队可能发生的灾难性后果。)
resolute, determined, firm — all close in meaning to decisive (able to make decisions quickly and confidently).
indecisive, hesitant — each the opposite of decisive (able to make decisions quickly and confidently).
Yes. decisive 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.