Vocab Booster SAT Textbook Vocabulary, Reading Unit 1 Drill 3, p. 27-9

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  1. abundant
    present in great quantity
  2. adaptation
    the process of adjusting or conforming to new conditions
  3. camouflage
    an outward semblance misrepresenting the nature of something
  4. contradiction
    opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas
  5. correlate
    bear a reciprocal or mutual relation
  6. crustacean
    mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body
  7. demarcate
    separate clearly, as if by boundaries
  8. differential
    a quality that distinguishes between similar things
  9. divergent
    tending to move apart in different directions
  10. factor
    anything that contributes causally to a result
  11. imply
    express or state indirectly
  12. incompatible
    not in harmonious or agreeable combination
  13. iridescence
    the visual property of having lustrous, varying colors
  14. magenta
    a primary subtractive color for light
  15. magnitude
    the property of relative size or extent
  16. optimistic
    hopeful that the best will happen in the future
  17. paradox
    a statement that contradicts itself
  18. pelagic
    relating to, occurring in, or living in the open ocean
  19. phenomenon
    any state or process known through the senses
  20. prevalence
    the quality of being widespread
  21. qualify
    make more specific
  22. signature
    a distinguishing style
  23. simultaneous
    occurring or operating at the same time
  24. spectrum
    a broad range of related objects, values, or qualities
  25. synthesize
    combine and form a complex whole
  26. tentative
    under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon
  27. thrive
    grow vigorously
  28. yield
    give or supply
  29. woo
    make amorous advances towards
  30. at will
    as one chooses or pleases
Created on Tue Mar 31 17:02:58 EDT 2020 (updated Thu Apr 02 20:14:55 EDT 2020)

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