Regular exercise and a balanced diet are preventative measures that reduce the risk of chronic disease.
定期锻炼和均衡饮食是降低慢性病风险的预防措施。
Which choice best defines “preventative”?
B — Intended to stop something before it happens. “preventative” means intended to stop something before it happens.
Which word means “intended to stop something before it happens”?
D — preventative. “preventative” means intended to stop something before it happens.
preventative — intended to stop something before it happens. In Chinese: 预防的.
preventative is pronounced /prɪˈvɛntətɪv/.
Regular exercise and a balanced diet are preventative measures that reduce the risk of chronic disease. (定期锻炼和均衡饮食是降低慢性病风险的预防措施。)
protective, precautionary, prophylactic — all close in meaning to preventative (intended to stop something before it happens).
reactive, curative — each the opposite of preventative (intended to stop something before it happens).
Yes. preventative 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.