The scientist's prophetic warning about the depletion of natural aquifers proved accurate decades before the region faced a water crisis.
这位科学家关于天然含水层枯竭的预言性警告在该地区面临水危机前几十年就被证明是准确的。
Which choice best defines “prophetic”?
D — Accurately predicting what will happen in the future. “prophetic” means accurately predicting what will happen in the future.
Which word means “accurately predicting what will happen in the future”?
C — prophetic. “prophetic” means accurately predicting what will happen in the future.
prophetic — accurately predicting what will happen in the future. In Chinese: 预言的，预示的.
prophetic is pronounced /prəˈfɛtɪk/.
The scientist's prophetic warning about the depletion of natural aquifers proved accurate decades before the region faced a water crisis. (这位科学家关于天然含水层枯竭的预言性警告在该地区面临水危机前几十年就被证明是准确的。)
prescient, foreseeing, predictive — all close in meaning to prophetic (accurately predicting what will happen in the future).
unforeseeing, shortsighted — each the opposite of prophetic (accurately predicting what will happen in the future).
Yes. prophetic is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. 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.