Vocab Booster SAT Textbook Vocabulary, Reading Unit 3 Paired Passages Practice, p. 79-81

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  1. afford
    provide access to
  2. allegory
    a short moral story
  3. anniversary
    the date on which an event occurred in some previous year
  4. annul
    cancel officially
  5. appraisal
    an expert estimation of the quality of something
  6. arcane
    requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
  7. baron
    a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank
  8. bind
    something that hinders as if with restraints
  9. blather
    foolish gibberish
  10. campaign
    related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal
  11. charter
    a document creating an institution and specifying its rights
  12. civil right
    right belonging to a person by reason of citizenship
  13. coerce
    cause to do through pressure or necessity
  14. cohort
    a company of companions or supporters
    In statistics, the term means a set group.
  15. conception
    an abstract or general idea inferred from specific instances
  16. concession
    a point that is yielded
  17. context
    the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation
  18. corollary
    something that follows or accompanies naturally
  19. depict
    give a description of
  20. derive
    come from
  21. despotic
    having the characteristics of a tyrannical ruler
  22. detain
    cause to be slowed down or delayed
  23. diminish
    decrease in size, extent, or range
  24. draft
    make a blueprint of
  25. edition
    the form in which a text is published
  26. elite
    a group or class of persons enjoying superior status
  27. exaggerate
    enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
  28. fabled
    famous or legendary
  29. federal
    of a government with central and regional authorities
  30. feeble
    pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
  31. fervor
    feelings of great warmth and intensity
  32. formal
    in accord with established conventions and requirements
  33. habeas corpus
    the right to a writ protecting against illegal imprisonment
  34. heir
    a person entitled by law to inherit the estate of another
  35. humble
    marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful
  36. idolatry
    the worship of objects or images as gods
    Due to influence from Christianity, the word has a sense of wrongful worship, or worship of religious images that are actually not true deities.
  37. inaccurate
    not exact
  38. implication
    an accusation that brings into intimate connection
  39. imply
    express or state indirectly
  40. interjection
    an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion
  41. learned
    having or showing profound knowledge
  42. literal
    limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text
  43. merit
    the quality of being deserving
  44. model
    a person or thing to be imitated; ideal model
  45. modest
    limited in size or scope
  46. monarchy
    autocracy governed by a ruler who usually inherits authority
  47. myth
    a traditional story serving to explain a world view
    Here, a commonly held but erroneous belief.
  48. obscurity
    the state of being indistinct due to lack of light
  49. overblown
    puffed up with vanity
  50. palatable
    acceptable to the taste or mind
  51. passage
    the act of moving from one state or place to the next
  52. perennial
    recurring again and again
  53. pope
    the head of the Roman Catholic Church
  54. preamble
    a preliminary introduction, as to a statute or constitution
  55. principled
    based on or demonstrating morality or rightness
  56. profound
    situated at or extending to great depth
  57. proponent
    a person who argues for a cause or puts forward an idea
  58. pursuit
    the act of following in an effort to overtake or capture
  59. reductionist
    someone who explains complex theories in simpler terms
  60. refute
    overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
  61. relic
    an antiquity that has survived from the distant past
  62. scores
    a large number or amount
  63. supreme court
    the highest court in most states of the United States
  64. template
    a model or standard for making comparisons
  65. unambiguous
    admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding
  66. utterly
    completely and without qualification
  67. yardstick
    a measure or standard used for comparison
  68. romanticize
    interpret in an idealized manner
  69. underpin
    confirm or support with evidence or authority
  70. lieu
    the post or function properly occupied or served by another
    In lieu of means 'instead of'.
Created on Wed Apr 01 15:54:33 EDT 2020 (updated Thu Apr 02 20:20:52 EDT 2020)

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