The autumn foliage turned the mountainside into a glorious display of crimson and gold.
秋叶将山坡变成了一片绯红和金黄的壮丽景观。
Which choice best defines “glorious”?
A — Magnificent, wonderful. “glorious” means magnificent, wonderful.
Which word means “magnificent, wonderful”?
C — glorious. “glorious” means magnificent, wonderful.
glorious — magnificent, wonderful. In Chinese: 光荣的，壮丽的.
glorious is pronounced /ˈɡlɔːriəs/.
The autumn foliage turned the mountainside into a glorious display of crimson and gold. (秋叶将山坡变成了一片绯红和金黄的壮丽景观。)
magnificent, splendid, resplendent — all close in meaning to glorious (magnificent, wonderful).
dismal, mediocre — each the opposite of glorious (magnificent, wonderful).
Yes. glorious 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.
glory(glory)+ous(shape).