In a supportive learning environment, students are more willing to ask questions and explore complex scientific concepts.
在支持性的学习环境中，学生更愿意提问并探索复杂的科学概念。
Which choice best defines “supportive”?
D — Providing encouragement or emotional help. “supportive” means providing encouragement or emotional help.
Which word means “providing encouragement or emotional help”?
D — supportive. “supportive” means providing encouragement or emotional help.
supportive — providing encouragement or emotional help. In Chinese: 支持的.
supportive is pronounced /səˈpɔːrtɪv/.
In a supportive learning environment, students are more willing to ask questions and explore complex scientific concepts. (在支持性的学习环境中，学生更愿意提问并探索复杂的科学概念。)
encouraging, reassuring, helpful — all close in meaning to supportive (providing encouragement or emotional help).
discouraging, unsupportive — each the opposite of supportive (providing encouragement or emotional help).
Yes. supportive 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.