Investing in renewable energy infrastructure proved profitable for the cooperative as demand for clean power grew.
随着对清洁电力需求的增长，投资可再生能源基础设施对合作社来说变得有利可图。
Which choice best defines “profitable”?
D — Making or likely to make money. “profitable” means making or likely to make money.
Which word means “making or likely to make money”?
B — profitable. “profitable” means making or likely to make money.
profitable — making or likely to make money. In Chinese: 有利可图的，有益的.
profitable is pronounced /ˈprɒfɪtəbl/.
Investing in renewable energy infrastructure proved profitable for the cooperative as demand for clean power grew. (随着对清洁电力需求的增长，投资可再生能源基础设施对合作社来说变得有利可图。)
lucrative, gainful, remunerative — all close in meaning to profitable (making or likely to make money).
unprofitable, loss-making — each the opposite of profitable (making or likely to make money).
Yes. profitable 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.