The legislature voted to repeal the outdated tax policy that had discouraged small business investment for decades.
立法机构投票废除了数十年来阻碍小企业投资的过时税收政策。
Which choice best defines “repeal”?
D — Cancel, withdraw law. “repeal” means cancel, withdraw law.
Which word means “cancel, withdraw law”?
B — repeal. “repeal” means cancel, withdraw law.
repeal — cancel, withdraw law. In Chinese: 撤销，废除（法律）.
repeal is pronounced /rɪˈpiːl/.
The legislature voted to repeal the outdated tax policy that had discouraged small business investment for decades. (立法机构投票废除了数十年来阻碍小企业投资的过时税收政策。)
revoke, rescind, annul — all close in meaning to repeal (cancel, withdraw law).
enact, establish — each the opposite of repeal (cancel, withdraw law).
Yes. repeal 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.
re(anti)+peal(call)