AVID SAT Vocab list #1.

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AVID SAT Vocab list #1

accolade NOUN Praise, honor, recognition An award given to recognize merit

allusion NOUN An indirect reference to something else

Ambivalence NOUN Uncertainty Having “mixed feelings”

analogy NOUN A comparison between two things to show similarities

anecdote NOUN Short personal story of something interesting that happened

anomalous ADJECTIVE Odd; not fitting the pattern

apparition NOUN Ghost; something that ‘appears’

aspersion NOUN Negative feeling; damaging remark

belligerence NOUN Aggression; violence

bombastic ADJECTIVE Overly elaborate; exaggerated