Small businesses often prosper in coastal towns because tourism provides a steady stream of customers throughout the year.
小企业通常在海滨城镇繁荣发展，因为旅游业全年提供稳定的客源。
Which choice best defines “prosper”?
A — To succeed, flourish. “prosper” means to succeed, flourish.
Which word means “to succeed, flourish”?
D — prosper. “prosper” means to succeed, flourish.
prosper — to succeed, flourish. In Chinese: 繁荣，成功.
prosper is pronounced /ˈprɑːspər/.
Small businesses often prosper in coastal towns because tourism provides a steady stream of customers throughout the year. (小企业通常在海滨城镇繁荣发展，因为旅游业全年提供稳定的客源。)
thrive, flourish, succeed — all close in meaning to prosper (to succeed, flourish).
decline, fail — each the opposite of prosper (to succeed, flourish).
Yes. prosper 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.
pro(toward)+sper(hope)