The community garden provided wholesome vegetables that improved the diet of local families while reducing grocery costs.
社区菜园提供有益健康的蔬菜，改善了当地家庭的饮食，同时降低了杂货开支。
Which choice best defines “wholesome”?
B — Promoting health or well-being. “wholesome” means promoting health or well-being.
Which word means “promoting health or well-being”?
A — wholesome. “wholesome” means promoting health or well-being.
wholesome — promoting health or well-being. In Chinese: 有益健康的.
wholesome is pronounced /ˈhoʊlsəm/.
The community garden provided wholesome vegetables that improved the diet of local families while reducing grocery costs. (社区菜园提供有益健康的蔬菜，改善了当地家庭的饮食，同时降低了杂货开支。)
healthful, nutritious, salubrious — all close in meaning to wholesome (promoting health or well-being).
unhealthy, harmful — each the opposite of wholesome (promoting health or well-being).
Yes. wholesome 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.