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ACTVocab11
ACT Vocabulary 11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abet | to encourage or assist(usually in offence to justice or law) |
| Agile | characterized by ability to move quickly with suppleness and grace |
| Antidote | something that relieves the effects of poison |
| Ascertain | to find out definitely; to determine |
| Benevolence | kindness, generosity, charity |
| Desolate | deserted, without inhabitants, barren |
| Din | loud and discordant, cacophony |
| Dissuade | to advise against, to talk out of |
| Distend | to expand, to swell |
| Enervation | weakness |
| Eulogy | Praise or Tribute |
| Fitful | irregular |
| Indelible | cannot be removed, washed away or erased |
| Inert | unable to move or to act, sluggish |
| Malevolence | ill will or evil intentions |
| Obliterate | to remove all traces of;to destroy completely; to cancel |
| Ornate | excessively decorated |
| Paucity | scarcity, fewness of number, dearth |
| Piety | devotion and reverence to God |
| Precarious | dangerous, risky, not a secure situation |
| Prosaic | commonplace, uninspired, banal |
| Quiescent | inactive, dormant |
| Scintillating | sparkling, shining, or flashing |
| Squalid | filthy in appearance, sordid |
| Vexation | discomfort or distress |
Created by:
samanthaspark
on 2012-02-02