SAT Vocab 2

accolade

tribute; honor; praise

accommodating

helpful, obliging, polite

accord

agreement

accost

to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way

accretion

growth in size or increase in amount

acerbic

biting, bitter in tone or taste

acquiesce

(v.) to accept without protest; to agree or submit

acrimony

bitterness, discord

acumen

keen insight

admonish

(v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty

adroit

skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind

adulation

excessive praise/flattery

adumbrate

to sketch out in a vague way

affable

(adj.) courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to

affront

an insult

aggrandize

(v.) to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater

aggregate

gathered into a whole; total

aggrieved

distressed, wronged, injured

agnostic

(n.) one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; (adj.) without faith, skeptical

alacrity

eagerness, speed