The prospect of discovering a new mineral deposit attracted geologists to the remote mountain range for decades.
发现新矿藏的前景吸引了地质学家数十年间前往偏远的山脉。
Which choice best defines “prospect”?
C — The possibility of future success. “prospect” means the possibility of future success.
Which word means “the possibility of future success”?
D — prospect. “prospect” means the possibility of future success.
prospect — the possibility of future success. In Chinese: 前景，展望.
prospect is pronounced /ˈprɒspɛkt/.
The prospect of discovering a new mineral deposit attracted geologists to the remote mountain range for decades. (发现新矿藏的前景吸引了地质学家数十年间前往偏远的山脉。)
outlook, potential, promise — all close in meaning to prospect (the possibility of future success).
doubt, hopelessness — each the opposite of prospect (the possibility of future success).
Yes. prospect 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.