Vocab Booster SAT Textbook Vocabulary, Reading Unit 2 Drill 3, p. 56-8

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  1. brittle
    having little elasticity
  2. coarse
    rough to the touch
  3. conspiracy
    a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act
  4. contractor
    someone who is hired to build things
  5. contrast
    the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared
  6. disingenuous
    not straightforward or candid
  7. eve
    the day before
  8. exacerbate
    make worse
  9. fee
    a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
  10. germane
    relevant and appropriate
  11. hinder
    be an obstacle to
  12. lateral
    situated at or extending to the side
  13. lucrative
    producing a sizeable profit
  14. magnitude
    the property of relative size or extent
  15. omit
    leave undone or leave out
  16. overstate
    enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
  17. pact
    a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
  18. periodical
    happening or recurring at regular intervals
  19. phenomenon
    any state or process known through the senses
  20. pretext
    a fictitious reason that conceals the real reason
  21. prone
    having a tendency
  22. rampant
    occurring or increasing in an unrestrained way
  23. relative
    not absolute or complete
  24. routine
    an unvarying or habitual method or procedure
  25. self-styled
    as claimed by and for yourself often without justification
  26. seismograph
    an instrument for measuring movements of the ground
  27. skimp
    limit in quality or quantity
  28. squarely
    in a straight direct way
  29. strain
    alter the shape of something by stress
  30. stucco
    a plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces
  31. susceptible
    yielding readily to or capable of undergoing a process
  32. swear
    promise solemnly; take an oath
  33. televangelist
    an evangelist who conducts services on television
  34. unbiased
    without prejudice
  35. underscore
    give extra weight to
  36. unsubstantiated
    unsupported by other evidence
  37. visit
    impose something unpleasant
  38. volunteer
    tell on one's own accord
  39. pseudoscientific
    based on theories and methods erroneously regarded as scientific
  40. prompt
    urge, encourage, or motivate someone to act
  41. dire
    fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
  42. scores
    a large number or amount
Created on Tue Mar 31 18:59:01 EDT 2020 (updated Thu Apr 02 20:17:00 EDT 2020)

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