The teacher's motivating feedback highlighted specific strengths, which helped students persist through challenging problem sets.
老师激励性的反馈指出了具体优点，帮助学生坚持完成具有挑战性的习题。
Which choice best defines “motivating”?
C — Providing incentive or encouragement. “motivating” means providing incentive or encouragement.
Which word means “providing incentive or encouragement”?
B — motivating. “motivating” means providing incentive or encouragement.
motivating — providing incentive or encouragement. In Chinese: 激励人的.
motivating is pronounced /ˈmoʊtɪˌveɪtɪŋ/.
The teacher's motivating feedback highlighted specific strengths, which helped students persist through challenging problem sets. (老师激励性的反馈指出了具体优点，帮助学生坚持完成具有挑战性的习题。)
inspiring, encouraging, stimulating — all close in meaning to motivating (providing incentive or encouragement).
discouraging, demotivating — each the opposite of motivating (providing incentive or encouragement).
Yes. motivating 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.