The teacher designed a remedial reading program to help struggling students close the gap in their comprehension skills.
老师设计了一个补救性阅读计划，帮助学习困难的学生弥补理解能力上的差距。
Which choice best defines “remedial”?
D — Intended to correct or improve something. “remedial” means intended to correct or improve something.
Which word means “intended to correct or improve something”?
C — remedial. “remedial” means intended to correct or improve something.
remedial — intended to correct or improve something. In Chinese: 补救的，矫正的.
remedial is pronounced /rɪˈmiːdiəl/.
The teacher designed a remedial reading program to help struggling students close the gap in their comprehension skills. (老师设计了一个补救性阅读计划，帮助学习困难的学生弥补理解能力上的差距。)
corrective, reparative, restorative — all close in meaning to remedial (intended to correct or improve something).
harmful, aggravating — each the opposite of remedial (intended to correct or improve something).
Yes. remedial 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.