The thrifty engineer reused scrap materials from the lab to build a prototype, reducing project costs significantly.
那位节俭的工程师利用实验室的废料重新制作了一个原型，大大降低了项目成本。
Which choice best defines “thrifty”?
A — Careful with money. “thrifty” means careful with money.
Which word means “careful with money”?
A — thrifty. “thrifty” means careful with money.
thrifty — careful with money. In Chinese: 节俭的，节省的.
thrifty is pronounced /ˈθrɪfti/.
The thrifty engineer reused scrap materials from the lab to build a prototype, reducing project costs significantly. (那位节俭的工程师利用实验室的废料重新制作了一个原型，大大降低了项目成本。)
frugal, economical, sparing — all close in meaning to thrifty (careful with money).
extravagant, wasteful — each the opposite of thrifty (careful with money).
Yes. thrifty 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.
thrift(frigality)+y(adj)