Vocab Booster SAT Textbook Vocabulary, Reading Unit 2 Drill 1, p. 51-3

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  1. acclimate
    get used to a certain environment
  2. advocate
    a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea
  3. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
  4. artery
    a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
  5. barge
    a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads
  6. breach
    make an opening or gap in
  7. brandy
    distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice
  8. bustle
    move or cause to move energetically or busily
  9. chill
    a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
  10. conceal
    prevent from being seen or discovered
  11. contagious
    (of disease) capable of being spread by infection
  12. continual
    occurring without interruption
  13. deliberately
    in a careful unhurried manner
  14. delirium
    a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion
  15. diagnose
    determine the nature of a problem or an illness
  16. disembodied
    not having a material form
  17. emphasize
    stress or single out as important
  18. exhibit
    make visible or apparent
  19. exhilaration
    the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
  20. fragrant
    pleasant-smelling
  21. gauze
    bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages
  22. grave
    dignified and somber in manner or character
  23. hallucination
    illusory perception
  24. hurtle
    move with or as if with a rushing sound
  25. initial
    occurring at the beginning
  26. inquire
    ask about
  27. learned
    having or showing profound knowledge
  28. lengthy
    extended in duration
  29. madras
    a light patterned cotton cloth
  30. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  31. mingle
    be all mixed up or jumbled together
  32. naivete
    lack of sophistication or worldliness
  33. pilgrimage
    a journey to a sacred place
  34. pleasantry
    an agreeable or amusing remark
  35. precinct
    an administrative district of a city or town
    Here used metaphorically to mean an area or tract of land.
  36. relapse
    deteriorate in health
  37. rotary
    describing or moving in a circle
  38. scourge
    something causing misery or death
  39. stupor
    a state of being half-awake
  40. symptom
    a sensation associated with a particular disease
  41. turbid
    clouded as with sediment
  42. uninviting
    neither attractive nor tempting
  43. utterly
    completely and without qualification
  44. lateral
    situated at or extending to the side
  45. drink in
    be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to
  46. cheer
    the quality of having good spirits and dispelling gloom
  47. unsated
    not having been satisfied
Created on Tue Mar 31 18:24:06 EDT 2020 (updated Thu Apr 02 20:16:15 EDT 2020)

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