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ACT Vocab week2
ACT Vocabulary Week 2
Question | Answer |
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Antithesis | direct opposite |
Ascend | move upward |
Austere | unsmiling, grim |
Autonomous | able to choose |
Banal | dull and unoriginal |
Benign | harmless |
Capricious | given to sudden changes |
Dawdle | move slowly, waste time |
Defamation | offense of making bad, false statements about someone |
Esoteric | secret |
Exacerbate | make worse |
Extol | praise somebody or something |
Fastidious | concerned that the smallest details should be just right |
Furtive | secretive, shifty |
Gregarious | friendly |
Hypocrite | somebody who pretends to have admirable beliefs or feelings but behaves otherwise |
Innate | present from birth |
Lethargic | tired |
Melancholy | feeling or causing sadness |
Opaque | unable to see through |
Prolific | highly productive |
Reprove | criticize something someone has done |
Symmetry | property of sameness |
Tranquil | serene, free from commotion |
Venerate | respect somebody |