The artist's surrealistic paintings, with their melting clocks and floating objects, challenge viewers' perceptions of time and space.
这位艺术家的超现实主义画作，以融化的时钟和漂浮的物体，挑战了观众对时间和空间的感知。
Which choice best defines “surrealistic”?
D — Having a dream-like or unreal quality. “surrealistic” means having a dream-like or unreal quality.
Which word means “having a dream-like or unreal quality”?
D — surrealistic. “surrealistic” means having a dream-like or unreal quality.
surrealistic — having a dream-like or unreal quality. In Chinese: 超现实主义的.
surrealistic is pronounced /səˌriːəˈlɪstɪk/.
The artist's surrealistic paintings, with their melting clocks and floating objects, challenge viewers' perceptions of time and space. (这位艺术家的超现实主义画作，以融化的时钟和漂浮的物体，挑战了观众对时间和空间的感知。)
dreamlike, unreal, fantastical — all close in meaning to surrealistic (having a dream-like or unreal quality).
realistic, ordinary — each the opposite of surrealistic (having a dream-like or unreal quality).
Yes. surrealistic 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.