Vocab Booster SAT Textbook Vocabulary, Writing Unit 5

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  1. abutment
    a masonry support that touches and directly receives thrust or pressure of an arch or bridge
  2. accommodate
    make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
  3. alleged
    doubtful or suspect
  4. arbitrary
    based on or subject to individual discretion or preference
  5. autonomy
    personal independence
  6. biased
    favoring one person or side over another
  7. campaign
    related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal
  8. catalyst
    substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction
  9. celestial
    of or relating to the sky
  10. cement
    bind or join with or as if with cement
  11. continuous
    moving in time or space without interruption
  12. decline
    grow worse
  13. deck
    any of various platforms built into a sailing vessel
  14. deduce
    reason from the general to the particular
  15. derive
    come from
  16. diction
    the manner in which something is expressed in words
  17. drought
    a shortage of rainfall
  18. encode
    represent ordinary language in a secret form
  19. fabrication
    a deliberately false or improbable account
  20. facade
    a showy misrepresentation to conceal something unpleasant
  21. figurative
    not literal
  22. foster
    help develop or grow
  23. gold standard
    system that defines money's value in terms of precious metal
  24. governor
    the head of a state authority
  25. implausible
    highly imaginative but unlikely
  26. implicit
    suggested though not directly expressed
  27. imply
    express or state indirectly
  28. indifferent
    marked by a lack of interest
  29. ineligible
    not qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen
  30. inexplicable
    incapable of being explained or accounted for
  31. infamous
    known widely and usually unfavorably
  32. intuitive
    spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency
  33. inundate
    fill or cover completely, usually with water
  34. Judas
    (New Testament) the Apostle who betrayed Jesus to his enemies for 30 pieces of silver
  35. justify
    show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for
  36. lack
    the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
  37. legislation
    the act of making or enacting laws
  38. light year
    the distance that light travels in a vacuum in 1 year
  39. maneuver
    a military training exercise
  40. manicure
    trim carefully and neatly
  41. measure
    determine the dimensions of something or somebody
  42. metaphorical
    expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another
  43. minutia
    a small or minor detail
  44. notorious
    known widely and usually unfavorably
  45. optimistic
    hopeful that the best will happen in the future
  46. panacea
    hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
  47. persevere
    be persistent, refuse to stop
  48. persist
    refuse to stop
  49. phenomenon
    any state or process known through the senses
  50. polyurethane
    any of various polymers containing the urethane radical
  51. predisposed
    made susceptible
  52. prominent
    conspicuous in position or importance
  53. punitive
    inflicting punishment
  54. radical
    markedly new or introducing extreme change
  55. redundancy
    the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded
  56. renowned
    widely known and esteemed
  57. reprieve
    relieve temporarily
  58. revenue
    the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
  59. routine
    an unvarying or habitual method or procedure
  60. quasar
    a starlike object that may send out radio waves
  61. quasi
    having some resemblance
  62. scrapbook
    an album into which clippings or notes or pictures can be pasted
  63. Spaniard
    a native or inhabitant of Spain
  64. spontaneous
    said or done without having been planned in advance
  65. statistician
    someone versed in the interpretation of numerical data
  66. subsequent
    following in time or order
  67. supposed
    mistakenly believed
  68. triviality
    a detail that is considered insignificant
  69. truck
    convey (goods etc.) by truck
  70. turnover
    the rate at which workers have to be replaced
  71. unprecedented
    novel; having no earlier occurrence
  72. vibrant
    vigorous and animated
  73. visceral
    coming from deep inward feelings rather than from reasoning
  74. volatility
    the trait of being unpredictable
  75. midterm
    middle of an academic term or a political term in office
  76. station wagon
    a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat
  77. quantify
    express as a number or measure or quantity
  78. umpire
    an official at a sporting event
  79. adorn
    make more attractive, as by adding ornament or color
  80. preoccupied
    having excessive or compulsive concern with something
  81. predisposed
    made susceptible
  82. predetermined
    set in advance
  83. sociology
    the study and classification of human societies
  84. jurisprudence
    the branch of philosophy concerned with the law
  85. indispensable
    essential
  86. consort
    keep company with
  87. declassify
    lift the restriction on and make available again
  88. bogus
    fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
  89. interest rate
    the percentage of a sum of money charged for its use
  90. omnipresent
    existing everywhere at once
  91. political action committee
    a group that raises money and distributes it for elections
  92. confectioner
    someone who makes candies and other sweets
  93. Navajo
    a member of an Athapaskan people that migrated to Arizona and New Mexico and Utah
  94. monarch
    a nation's ruler usually by hereditary right
  95. katydid
    large green long-horned grasshopper of North America
  96. incessant
    uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
  97. correlate
    bear a reciprocal or mutual relation
  98. salary
    fixed payment for services
  99. retail
    the selling of goods to consumers
  100. budgetary
    of or relating to a budget
  101. enact
    order by virtue of superior authority; decree
  102. reservoir
    lake used to store water for community use
  103. noncompliance
    the failure to obey
  104. strategy
    an elaborate and systematic plan of action
  105. inhibit
    limit the range or extent of
Created on Thu Apr 02 14:20:53 EDT 2020 (updated Thu Apr 02 20:30:05 EDT 2020)

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