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Pre AP SAT words blu
25 words for Pre AP ninth grade class
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| haughty | being arrogant, talking down to people |
| hedonist | person who acts in pursuit of pleasure |
| hypothesis | unproven theory, educated guess |
| impetuous | rash, impulsive |
| impute | to assign or attribute to someone |
| inconsequential | without consequence |
| inevitable | unavoidable, definitely going to happen |
| intrepid | fearless |
| intuitive | knowing something by instinct |
| jubilation | extreme happiness, joy |
| lobbyist | person who takes one side or the other, and persuades government officials |
| longevity | long (particularly long life) |
| mundane | boring, ordinary |
| nonchalant | casual, calm, at ease |
| opulent | wealthy |
| orator | speaker |
| ostentatious | flaunting wealth |
| parched | freed from water, dried up |
| perfidious | disloyal |
| pragmatic | practical |
| precocious | gifted/talented beyond one's years |
| pretentious | being self important, thinking you are better than others |
| procrastinate | to delay, often unnecessarily |
| prosaic | ordinary |
| prosperity | wealth |