Vocab Booster SAT Textbook Vocabulary, Reading Unit 4 Challenge, p. 94-6

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  1. accommodate
    make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
  2. agency
    an administrative unit of government
  3. ambitious
    having a strong desire for success or achievement
  4. assert
    declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
  5. assessment
    the act of judging a person or situation or event
  6. attribute
    credit to
  7. authority
    an administrative unit of government
  8. bureaucracy
    nonelective government officials
  9. deficient
    inadequate in amount or degree
  10. designate
    indicate a place, direction, person, or thing
  11. discernible
    perceptible by the senses or intellect
  12. earmark
    give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
  13. explicit
    precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable
  14. footing
    a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing
  15. footprint
    the area taken up by some object
    Here, the impact of human subsistence and consumption on the environment.
  16. infrastructure
    basic facilities needed for the functioning of a country
  17. mandate
    assign under an official instruction or command
  18. marathon
    any long and arduous undertaking
  19. mechanism
    the technical aspects of doing something
  20. metropolitan
    relating to or characteristic of a large urban area
  21. power grid
    a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region
  22. pressing
    requiring immediate action or attention
  23. proponent
    a person who argues for a cause or puts forward an idea
  24. quip
    make jokes or witty remarks
  25. redundant
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  26. routine
    an unvarying or habitual method or procedure
  27. rural
    living in or characteristic of farming or country life
  28. sluggish
    moving slowly
  29. stall
    waste time or postpone doing what one should be doing
  30. stimulus
    any information or event that acts to arouse action
    Here, more specifically indicating government spending to stimulate the economy.
  31. merit
    any admirable or beneficial attribute
  32. red tape
    needlessly time-consuming procedure
Created on Wed Apr 01 18:15:17 EDT 2020 (updated Thu Apr 02 20:27:15 EDT 2020)

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