SAT Word List # SAT/M34

Explanation of expense (noun)
form: expenses
the laying out or expending or money or other resources, as time or strength

Explanation of breach (noun)
form: breaches
the violation of official duty, lawful right or a legal obligation

Explanation of demurrage (noun)
the detention of a vessel beyond the specified time of sailing

Explanation of conscience (noun)
the faculty in man by which he distinguishes between right and wrong in character and conduct

Explanation of efficiency (noun)
the state of possessing adequate skill or knowledge for the performance of a duty

Explanation of attorney-general (noun)
form: attorneys
the chief law-officer of a government

Explanation of felony (noun)
form: felonies
one of the highest class of offenses, and punishable with death or imprisonment

Explanation of sentient (adjective)
possessing the power of sense or sense-perception

Explanation of deference (noun)
respectful submission or yielding, as to another's opinion, wishes or judgment

Explanation of pedant (noun)
a scholar who makes needless and inopportune display of his learning