Vocab Booster SAT Textbook Vocabulary, Reading Unit 3 Paired Passages Challenge, p. 71-3

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  1. acute
    demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
  2. alarmist
    a person who alarms others needlessly
  3. assertive
    aggressively self-assured
  4. ban
    prohibit especially by law or social pressure
  5. burden
    a serious or difficult concern
  6. burden of proof
    the responsibility to show evidence of a disputed claim
  7. catch
    take hold of so as to seize or stop the motion of
  8. check
    the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
  9. consistent
    the same throughout in structure or composition
  10. credibility
    the quality of being believable or trustworthy
  11. crucial
    of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis
  12. definitely
    without question and beyond doubt
  13. ecosystem
    organisms interacting with their physical environment
  14. emphasize
    stress or single out as important
  15. enact
    order by virtue of superior authority; decree
  16. endorse
    approve of
  17. engineer
    design using scientific knowledge to solve problems
  18. equivocal
    uncertain as a sign or indication
  19. ethics
    the philosophical study of moral values and rules
  20. exploit
    use or manipulate to one's advantage
  21. feasibility
    the quality of being doable
  22. fragile
    easily broken or damaged or destroyed
  23. genome
    the full DNA sequence of an organism
  24. hefty
    of considerable weight and size
  25. hoopla
    blatant or sensational promotion
  26. implication
    something that is inferred
  27. jeopardize
    pose a threat to; present a danger to
  28. lack
    the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
  29. metabolize
    produce by the organic processes necessary for life
  30. methane
    a colorless, odorless gas used as a fuel
  31. moral
    concerned with principles of right and wrong
  32. noted
    worthy of notice or attention
  33. optimistic
    hopeful that the best will happen in the future
  34. plot
    devise the sequence of events in
  35. precautionary
    taken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure
  36. principle
    a basic generalization that is accepted as true
  37. ransom
    money demanded for the return of a captured person
  38. rogue
    a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
  39. slight
    pay no attention to; disrespect
    Here, 'to ignore, distort'.
  40. sustainable
    capable of being prolonged
  41. synthetic
    a compound made artificially by chemical reactions
  42. undergo
    pass through
  43. underscore
    give extra weight to
  44. warfare
    the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
  45. sturdy
    substantially made or constructed
  46. cusp
    the point of transition when something happens or changes
    Here, 'edge, brink'.
Created on Wed Apr 01 15:33:22 EDT 2020 (updated Thu Apr 02 20:20:22 EDT 2020)

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