The sudden sale of the family's farmland brought an unexpected windfall that funded their children's college education.
家庭农场的突然出售带来了一笔意外之财，资助了孩子们的大学教育。
Which choice best defines “windfall”?
B — An unexpected gain or piece of good fortune. “windfall” means an unexpected gain or piece of good fortune.
Which word means “an unexpected gain or piece of good fortune”?
A — windfall. “windfall” means an unexpected gain or piece of good fortune.
windfall — an unexpected gain or piece of good fortune. In Chinese: 意外之财.
windfall is pronounced /ˈwɪndˌfɔl/.
The sudden sale of the family's farmland brought an unexpected windfall that funded their children's college education. (家庭农场的突然出售带来了一笔意外之财，资助了孩子们的大学教育。)
bonus, godsend, boon — all close in meaning to windfall (an unexpected gain or piece of good fortune).
misfortune, loss — each the opposite of windfall (an unexpected gain or piece of good fortune).
Yes. windfall 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.