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SAT List #1
Vocabulary List for Pre-AP 10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adulation | excessive devotion to someone; high praise (NOUN) |
| deleterious | harmful, destructive, detrimental (ADJ) |
| empathy | identification with the feelings of others (NOUN) |
| extenuating | serving to make a fault or offense appear less serious (ADJ) |
| haughty | arrogant and condescending; snobbish (ADJ) |
| lobbyist | a person who seeks to influence political events (NOUN) |
| ostentatious | showy, displaying wealth or other characteristic in order to impress others (ADJ) |
| prosaic | relating to prose; dull, commonplace (ADJ) |
| sagacity | wisdom (NOUN) |
| circuitous | indirect, taking the longest route (ADJ) |