The botanical garden offered a delightful array of seasonal flowers, each carefully labeled with its scientific name and origin.
植物园展示了令人愉悦的应季花卉,每种都仔细标注了学名和原产地。
Which choice best defines “delightful”?
B — Very pleasing. “delightful” means very pleasing.
Which word means “very pleasing”?
C — delightful. “delightful” means very pleasing.
delightful — very pleasing. In Chinese: 令人高兴的.
delightful is pronounced /dɪˈlaɪtfl/.
The botanical garden offered a delightful array of seasonal flowers, each carefully labeled with its scientific name and origin. (植物园展示了令人愉悦的应季花卉,每种都仔细标注了学名和原产地。)
pleasing, charming, enjoyable — all close in meaning to delightful (very pleasing).
unpleasant, disagreeable — each the opposite of delightful (very pleasing).
Yes. delightful 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.
delight(joyful)+ful(full of)