Vocab Booster SAT Textbook Vocabulary, Reading Unit 1 Drill 1, p. 23-4

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  1. acclimate
    get used to a certain environment
  2. accumulate
    collect or gather
  3. antic
    a playful, attention-getting act done for fun and amusement
  4. Armageddon
    (New Testament) the scene of the final battle between the kings of the Earth at the end of the world
    Can also simply mean the apocalypse, as here.
  5. broker
    a businessman who buys or sells for another
  6. Cape Town
    port city in southwestern South Africa
  7. clerk
    an employee who performs office work
  8. confide
    reveal in private
  9. convey
    serve as a means for expressing something
  10. crown
    an English coin worth 5 shillings
  11. counteract
    oppose or check by a counteraction
  12. dilemma
    state of uncertainty in a choice between unfavorable options
  13. diversion
    an activity that amuses or stimulates
  14. drawn
    showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
  15. fancy
    have a particular liking or desire for
  16. flat
    a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
    British English. In North America, we call this simply an apartment.
  17. fortune
    a large amount of wealth or prosperity
  18. genuinely
    in accordance with truth or fact or reality
  19. idleness
    the trait of being inactive or lazy
  20. inquire
    have a wish or desire to know something
  21. jaded
    bored or apathetic after experiencing too much of something
  22. lack
    the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
  23. liverish
    suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress
  24. lonesome
    marked by sadness from being by oneself
  25. motion
    show, express or direct through movement
  26. pavement
    the paved surface of a thoroughfare
    British English. In North America, we call this a sidewalk.
  27. predicament
    an unpleasant or difficult situation
  28. reckon
    expect, believe, or suppose
  29. routine
    an unvarying or habitual method or procedure
  30. row
    an angry dispute
  31. solidarity
    a union of interests or purposes among members of a group
  32. sound
    in excellent physical condition
  33. stagnant
    not growing or changing; without force or vitality
  34. turmoil
    a violent disturbance
  35. veiled
    muted or unclear
  36. veld
    elevated open grassland in southern Africa
    Can also be spelled 'veldt'.
Created on Tue Mar 31 15:59:34 EDT 2020 (updated Thu Apr 02 20:14:11 EDT 2020)

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