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ACT Vocabulary7
Term | Definition |
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absolve | to free from guilt or responability |
aesthetic | having to do with beauty or the arts |
ample | enough in size or capacity |
assuage | to decrease the severity of |
aversion | a desire to avoid something, or cause of dislike |
bizarre | outrageously strange or out of the ordinary |
canny | clever, astute |
chronology | the order of events in which they occurred, history |
desecrate | to treat irreverently, contaminate, harm |
epoch | a period of time characterized by distinct events, era |
hypocrisy | a pretense of being more virtuous than one really is, |
incontrovertible | not open to question, undeniable |
jaunty | lively in manner |
luminous | shinning with light, glowing |
missive | a written message |
painstaking | taking great care, conscientious, |
pretentious | making a show of one's importance |
rash | hasty, done without thought |
rustic | relating to the country, simple |
spurn | to reject with disdain, scorn |
terrestrial | relating to the Earth or land |
usurp | to take by force, displace or seize |
verbose | using more words than needed, loquacious |
wan | pale, weak ineffective |
gargoyle | a grotesque carving of an animal or human used as a spout for rainwater on a building |