The archaeologists were grateful for the volunteers who helped carefully excavate the ancient pottery fragments.
考古学家对帮助仔细挖掘古代陶器碎片的志愿者心存感激。
Which choice best defines “grateful”?
A — Thankful, appreciative. “grateful” means thankful, appreciative.
Which word means “thankful, appreciative”?
B — grateful. “grateful” means thankful, appreciative.
grateful — thankful, appreciative. In Chinese: 感激的.
grateful is pronounced /ˈɡreɪtfl/.
The archaeologists were grateful for the volunteers who helped carefully excavate the ancient pottery fragments. (考古学家对帮助仔细挖掘古代陶器碎片的志愿者心存感激。)
thankful, appreciative, obliged — all close in meaning to grateful (thankful, appreciative).
ungrateful, thankless — each the opposite of grateful (thankful, appreciative).
Yes. grateful 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.
grate(happy)+ful(full of)