Before the laboratory experiment, the teaching assistant took time to instruct the students on the proper handling of the sensitive equipment.
在实验室实验开始前，助教花时间指导学生如何正确操作精密设备。
Which choice best defines “instruct”?
A — To teach or tell someone how to do something. “instruct” means to teach or tell someone how to do something.
Which word means “to teach or tell someone how to do something”?
B — instruct. “instruct” means to teach or tell someone how to do something.
instruct — to teach or tell someone how to do something. In Chinese: 指导，教授.
instruct is pronounced /ɪnˈstrʌkt/.
Before the laboratory experiment, the teaching assistant took time to instruct the students on the proper handling of the sensitive equipment. (在实验室实验开始前，助教花时间指导学生如何正确操作精密设备。)
teach, coach, train — all close in meaning to instruct (to teach or tell someone how to do something).
mislead, misinform — each the opposite of instruct (to teach or tell someone how to do something).
Yes. instruct 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.