The prosperous port city attracted merchants from distant lands, its docks bustling with trade and its warehouses filled with exotic goods.
这座繁荣的港口城市吸引着来自远方的商人，码头贸易繁忙，仓库里堆满了异国商品。
Which choice best defines “prosperous”?
D — Successful and thriving; flourishing. “prosperous” means Successful and thriving; flourishing.
Which word means “Successful and thriving; flourishing”?
A — prosperous. “prosperous” means Successful and thriving; flourishing.
prosperous — Successful and thriving; flourishing. In Chinese: 繁荣的，兴旺的.
prosperous is pronounced /ˈprɒspərəs/.
The prosperous port city attracted merchants from distant lands, its docks bustling with trade and its warehouses filled with exotic goods. (这座繁荣的港口城市吸引着来自远方的商人，码头贸易繁忙，仓库里堆满了异国商品。)
thriving, flourishing, successful — all close in meaning to prosperous (Successful and thriving; flourishing).
poor, unsuccessful — each the opposite of prosperous (Successful and thriving; flourishing).
Yes. prosperous 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.
pro- (before) + sper (hope) + ous → prosperous, thriving.