The ancient cathedral's magnificent stained-glass windows cast colorful patterns across the marble floor during the afternoon service.
古老的大教堂壮丽的彩色玻璃窗在下午礼拜时，将斑斓图案投射在大理石地板上。
Which choice best defines “magnificent”?
A — Very beautiful, impressive. “magnificent” means very beautiful, impressive.
Which word means “very beautiful, impressive”?
C — magnificent. “magnificent” means very beautiful, impressive.
magnificent — very beautiful, impressive. In Chinese: 壮丽的，宏伟的.
magnificent is pronounced /mæɡˈnɪfɪsnt/.
The ancient cathedral's magnificent stained-glass windows cast colorful patterns across the marble floor during the afternoon service. (古老的大教堂壮丽的彩色玻璃窗在下午礼拜时，将斑斓图案投射在大理石地板上。)
splendid, grand, impressive — all close in meaning to magnificent (very beautiful, impressive).
modest, ordinary — each the opposite of magnificent (very beautiful, impressive).
Yes. magnificent 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.
magni(big)+fic(do)+ent