The ancient temple's ornamental friezes depicted intricate scenes of harvest and celestial navigation, serving no structural purpose.
古庙的装饰性雕带描绘了丰收和天体导航的复杂场景，没有结构上的用途。
Which choice best defines “ornamental”?
B — For decoration. “ornamental” means for decoration.
Which word means “for decoration”?
D — ornamental. “ornamental” means for decoration.
ornamental — for decoration. In Chinese: 装饰的，装饰性.
ornamental is pronounced /ˌɔːrnəˈmentl/.
The ancient temple's ornamental friezes depicted intricate scenes of harvest and celestial navigation, serving no structural purpose. (古庙的装饰性雕带描绘了丰收和天体导航的复杂场景，没有结构上的用途。)
decorative, adorned, embellishing — all close in meaning to ornamental (for decoration).
functional, plain — each the opposite of ornamental (for decoration).
Yes. ornamental 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.
ornament(decorate)+al(shape/form)