The young artist's imitative style, though technically skilled, lacked the distinctive vision of her mentors.
这位年轻艺术家的模仿风格虽然技艺精湛，却缺乏导师们特有的远见。
Which choice best defines “imitative”?
A — Copying someone or something. “imitative” means copying someone or something.
Which word means “copying someone or something”?
C — imitative. “imitative” means copying someone or something.
imitative — copying someone or something. In Chinese: 模仿的.
imitative is pronounced /ˈɪmɪtətɪv/.
The young artist's imitative style, though technically skilled, lacked the distinctive vision of her mentors. (这位年轻艺术家的模仿风格虽然技艺精湛，却缺乏导师们特有的远见。)
mimetic, copycat, emulative — all close in meaning to imitative (copying someone or something).
original, innovative — each the opposite of imitative (copying someone or something).
Yes. imitative 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.