The museum's ancient Greek vases featured intricate decorations depicting scenes from mythology and daily life.
博物馆的古希腊花瓶上有精美的装饰，描绘了神话和日常生活的场景。
Which choice best defines “decoration”?
A — Something used to make a place look more attractive. “decoration” means something used to make a place look more attractive.
Which word means “something used to make a place look more attractive”?
D — decoration. “decoration” means something used to make a place look more attractive.
decoration — something used to make a place look more attractive. In Chinese: 装饰.
decoration is pronounced /ˌdekəˈreɪʃən/.
The museum's ancient Greek vases featured intricate decorations depicting scenes from mythology and daily life. (博物馆的古希腊花瓶上有精美的装饰，描绘了神话和日常生活的场景。)
ornament, adornment, embellishment — all close in meaning to decoration (something used to make a place look more attractive).
Yes. decoration is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. 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.