SAT Vocabulary Lessons 59 & 60

To waste something, especially money and time, in a reckless and foolish manner.

They are but a shrunken ___________ of their former past.

An airplane's joystick is somewhat ______________ to the reins on a horse.

Of, or relating to, taxation, public revenues, or public debt

comparable in certain respects, typically in a way that makes clearer the nature of the things compared.

Someone who spends their money freely or foolishly

To increase suddenly and powerfully

Having an abundance of wealth, property, or other material goods.

The state budget fell for the first time since the ___________ crises of the 1970's.

A small remaining quantity of something

But what we must do, above all else, is not _________ the opportunities we have.

Something unpleasant or unwelcome spreading unchecked

The program showed the sort of ___________ lifestyle most of us can only aspire to.

Unfortunately, he was a _______________ of his wife's fortune.

Returning to the past is not a safe path to a _______________ future.

Successful in material terms; flourishing financially

Common salt is a _________ of sodium and chlorine.

The roads can't cope with the __________ of traffic.

Indeed, by the end of 1981 inflation was __________, reaching 14.1 percent.

A thing that is composed of two or more separate elements; a mixture