Quarry vs. Prey

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<p>A vocabulary question from the Mastering the SAT book:</p>

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<li> The con man’s ________ is usually a person who is greedy, believes he can beat the system, and can’t resist the swindler’s trap.</li>
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<p>c) prey
e) quarry</p>

<p>The correct answer was c) but doesn’t quarry have a secondary definition that is “prey”? Can someone please clarify about the definition?</p>

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<p>Can someone also clarify between the difference of “sardonic” and “sarcastic”?</p>