Vocab Booster SAT Textbook Vocabulary, Reading Unit 2 Drill 2, p. 53-5

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  1. algorithm
    a precise rule specifying how to solve some problem
  2. ambitious
    having a strong desire for success or achievement
  3. authoritarian
    characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
  4. automate
    operate or make run by machines rather than human action
  5. ban
    prohibit especially by law or social pressure
  6. bankroll
    provide with sufficient funds; finance
  7. cacophony
    loud confusing disagreeable sounds
  8. capitalism
    an economic system based on private ownership of assets
  9. capitalist
    of an economic system based on private ownership
  10. communism
    a theory favoring collectivism in a classless society
  11. communist
    relating to socialism that abolishes private ownership
  12. compliance
    acting according to certain accepted standards
  13. comply
    act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
  14. contraband
    goods whose trade or possession is prohibited by law
  15. crude
    not carefully or expertly made
  16. cumbersome
    difficult to handle or use, especially because of size or weight
  17. demand
    the ability and desire to purchase goods and services
  18. deplete
    use up, as resources or materials
  19. emblematic
    serving as a visible symbol for something abstract
  20. exhaust
    use up the whole supply of
  21. exploit
    use or manipulate to one's advantage
  22. facilitate
    make easier
  23. forint
    the basic unit of money in Hungary
  24. fortune
    a large amount of wealth or prosperity
  25. hazard
    a source of danger
  26. impoverish
    make poor
  27. incensed
    angered at something unjust or wrong
  28. inventory
    a collection of resources
  29. literally
    without exaggeration
  30. loophole
    an ambiguity that makes it possible to evade an obligation
  31. luxury
    something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity
  32. makeshift
    something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
  33. manual
    of or relating to the hands
  34. middleman
    someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
  35. NASDAQ
    a computerized data system to provide brokers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter
  36. neutralize
    make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
  37. outcry
    a loud utterance, often in protest or opposition
  38. persistence
    steady determination
  39. plot
    devise the sequence of events in
  40. realize
    make real or concrete; give reality or substance to
  41. share
    assets belonging to an individual person or group
  42. shelling
    the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
  43. splice
    join the ends of
  44. stock
    capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares
  45. supply
    offering goods and services for sale
  46. surveyor
    someone who conducts a statistical study
  47. tenet
    a basic principle or belief that is accepted as true
  48. terminal
    a device providing access to a computer
  49. trade
    a particular instance of buying or selling
  50. translate
    change from one form or medium into another
  51. underlying
    in the nature of something though not readily apparent
  52. unethical
    not conforming to approved standards of social behavior
  53. vanquish
    defeat in a competition, race, or conflict
  54. volatility
    the trait of being unpredictable
  55. voluntary
    of your own free will or design
  56. stock ticker
    a character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on ticker tape
Created on Tue Mar 31 18:40:21 EDT 2020 (updated Thu Apr 02 20:16:40 EDT 2020)

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