1. AVID SAT Vocab list #1

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

3. allusion
NOUN
An indirect reference to something else

4. Ambivalence
NOUN
Uncertainty
Having “mixed feelings”

5. analogy
NOUN
A comparison between two things to show similarities

6. anecdote
NOUN
Short personal story of something interesting that happened

7. anomalous
ADJECTIVE
Odd; not fitting the pattern

8. apparition
NOUN
Ghost; something that ‘appears’

9. aspersion
NOUN
Negative feeling; damaging remark

10. belligerence
NOUN
Aggression; violence

11. bombastic
ADJECTIVE
Overly elaborate; exaggerated