Vocab Booster SAT Textbook Vocabulary, Reading Unit 2 Challenge, p. 33-6

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  1. acquaintanceship
    a relationship less intimate than friendship
  2. adversary
    someone who offers opposition
  3. analogous
    similar or equivalent in some respects
  4. anticipate
    regard something as probable or likely
  5. consumerism
    the theory that increasing use of goods is beneficial
  6. devote
    dedicate
  7. dodo
    extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons
  8. duelist
    a person who fights duels
  9. emphatic
    spoken with particular stress
  10. endorse
    approve of
  11. enterprise
    an organization created for business ventures
  12. folly
    a stupid mistake
  13. fortification
    the act of increasing the strength of something
  14. imply
    express or state indirectly
  15. inadequate
    lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
  16. intimidate
    make timid or fearful
  17. myth
    a traditional story serving to explain a world view
    When referring to something in the present, a myth means a widely accepted but wrong understanding of something.
  18. outfit
    any cohesive unit such as a military company
  19. policy
    a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group
  20. preposterous
    inviting ridicule
  21. prominent
    conspicuous in position or importance
  22. proprietor
    someone who owns a business
  23. reproach
    a mild rebuke or criticism
  24. retaliate
    make a counterattack and return like for like
  25. threshold
    the starting point for a new state or experience
  26. valor
    courage when facing danger
  27. vigilant
    carefully observant or attentive
  28. entice
    provoke someone to do something through persuasion
  29. sinew
    a band of tissue connecting a muscle to its bony attachment
  30. hitherto
    up to this point; until the present time
  31. immediate
    having no intervening medium
  32. decline
    grow worse
Created on Tue Mar 31 17:45:30 EDT 2020 (updated Thu Apr 02 20:15:14 EDT 2020)

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