SAT vocab words 21-40 Flashcards
1
Q
excessive admiration, worship, or flattery.
A
adulation
2
Q
artistic; related to a sense of beauty
A
aesthetic
3
Q
fake behavior; a pretense to impress others
A
affection
4
Q
a cheerful readiness; eagerness
A
alacrity
5
Q
to assign wrongdoing yet to be proven; accuse
A
allege
6
Q
an angry dispute; a quarrel
A
altercation
7
Q
selfless giving; generosity
A
altruism
8
Q
to ease a situation; to bring relief
A
ameliorate
9
Q
going along with the edges of another; agreeable
A
amenable
10
Q
nicety; attractive feature
A
amenity
11
Q
official pardon for those who have broken the law
A
amnesty
12
Q
strongly moved by love (often sexual love)
A
amorous
13
Q
lacking a distint shape
A
amorphous
14
Q
a short, entertaining story often about a real incident or person
A
anecdote
15
Q
before the war (esp. U.S. Civil War)
A
antebellum
