The licensing board voted to revoke the contractor's permit after repeated safety violations were documented.
在记录了多次安全违规后，许可委员会投票撤销了承包商的许可证。
Which choice best defines “revoke”?
D — To officially cancel or take back something (such as a law, license, or agreement). “revoke” means to officially cancel or take back something (such as a law, license, or agreement).
Which word means “to officially cancel or take back something (such as a law, license, or agreement)”?
A — revoke. “revoke” means to officially cancel or take back something (such as a law, license, or agreement).
revoke — to officially cancel or take back something (such as a law, license, or agreement). In Chinese: 撤销，废除.
revoke is pronounced /rɪˈvoʊk/.
The licensing board voted to revoke the contractor's permit after repeated safety violations were documented. (在记录了多次安全违规后，许可委员会投票撤销了承包商的许可证。)
rescind, cancel, withdraw — all close in meaning to revoke (to officially cancel or take back something (such as a law, license, or agreement)).
grant, uphold — each the opposite of revoke (to officially cancel or take back something (such as a law, license, or agreement)).
Yes. revoke 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.
re-(backward) + voc(call, speak) + -e → call back → revoke