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ACT English Practice
Question | Answer |
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abbreviate | shorten |
abstinence | act of refraing from |
adulation | high praise |
adversity | misfortune |
aesthetic | pertaining to beauty |
amicable | agreeable |
anachronistic | out-of-date |
anecdote | short account of event |
anonymous | nameless |
antagonist | opponent |
arid | extremely dry |
assiduous | hard-working |
asylum | sanctuary |
benevolent | friendly |
camaraderie | trust among friends |
censure | to criticize harshly |
circuitous | indirect |
clairvoyant | able to see the future |
collaborate | to work together |
compassion | sympathy |
compromise | to settle differences |
condescending | patronizing |
conditional | provisional |
conformist | follower of customs |
congregation | crowd of people |
convergence | joining of parts |
deleterious | harmful |
demagogue | rabble-rousing leader |
digression | straying from main point |
diligent | hard-working |
discredit | dishonor |
disdain | to regard with scorn |
divergent | variant |
empathy | sharing of feelings |
emulate | follow an example |
enervating | tiring |
enhance | improve |
ephemeral | momentary |
evanescent | short-lived |
exasperation | irritation |
exemplary | outstanding |
extenuating | guilt diminishing |
florid | flushed |
fortuitous | lucky |
frugal | thrifty |
hackneyed | overused |
haughty | arrogant |
hedonist | pleasure seeker |
hypothesis | theory requiring proof |
impetuous | rash |
impute | to attribute to someone |
incompatible | unable to work together |
inconsequential | trivial |
inevitable | unavoidable |
integrity | honesty |
intrepid | fearless |
intuitive | instinctive |
jubilation | joy |
lobbyist | persuader of legislators |
longevity | long life |
mundane | ordinary |
nonchalant | calm |
novice | beginner |
opulent | wealthy |
orator | speaker |
ostentatious | displaying wealth |
parched | dried up |
perfidious | disloyal |
precocious | talented beyond one's age |
pretentious | pompous |
procrastinate | to delay unnecessarily |
prosaic | run-of-the-mill |
prosperity | wealth |
provocative | inflammatory |
prudent | wise |
querulous | irritable |
rancorous | hateful |
reclusive | withdrawn |
reconciliation | agreement after a quarrel |
renovation | state of being renewed |
resilient | quick to recover |
restrained | controlled |
reverence | profound respect |
sagacity | wisdom |
scrutinize | to observe carefully |
spontaneity | impulsive action |
spurious | phony |
submissive | meek |
substantiate | to verify |
subtle | elusive |
superficial | lacking in depth |
superfluous | more than enough |
suppress | to end an activity |
surreptitious | secret |
tactful | diplomatic |
tenacious | persistent |
transient | temporary |
venerable | respectable due to age |
vindicate | to clear from blame |
wary | watchful |