The whimsical sculpture in the park, with its swirling shapes and bright colors, delighted children and adults alike.
公园里那座异想天开的雕塑，拥有旋转的形状和鲜艳的色彩，让大人和孩子都感到愉悦。
Which choice best defines “whimsical”?
B — Playful, fanciful, unpredictable. “whimsical” means playful, fanciful, unpredictable.
Which word means “playful, fanciful, unpredictable”?
C — whimsical. “whimsical” means playful, fanciful, unpredictable.
whimsical — playful, fanciful, unpredictable. In Chinese: 异想天开的，古怪的.
whimsical is pronounced /ˈwɪmzɪkl/.
The whimsical sculpture in the park, with its swirling shapes and bright colors, delighted children and adults alike. (公园里那座异想天开的雕塑，拥有旋转的形状和鲜艳的色彩，让大人和孩子都感到愉悦。)
fanciful, playful, capricious — all close in meaning to whimsical (playful, fanciful, unpredictable).
serious, practical — each the opposite of whimsical (playful, fanciful, unpredictable).
Yes. whimsical 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.
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