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ACT Vocab 1-25
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Abata | become less in amount or intensity |
Abdicate | give up,such a power,as of monarchs and emperors ,or duties and obligations |
Aberration | a state or condition markedly different from the norm |
Abstain | choose not to consume |
Adversity | a state of misfortune or affliction |
Aesthetic | concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste |
Amicable | characterized by friendship and good will |
Anachronistic | chronologically misplaced |
Arid | lacking sufficient water or rainfall |
Asylum | a shelter from danger or hardship |
Benevolent | showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity |
Bias | a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation |
Boisterous | full of rough and exuberent animal spirits |
Brazen | unrestained by convention or propriety |
Brusque | marked by rude or peremptory shortness |
Camaraderie | the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability |
Canny | showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others |
Capacious | large in capacity |
Capitulate | surrender under agreed conditions |
Clairvoyant | someone who has the power of clairvoyance |
Collaborate | work together on a common enterprise of project |
Compassion | a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering |
Compromise | an accommodation which both sides make concessions |
Condescending | (used of behavior or attitude)characteristics of those who treat others with condescension |
Conditional | imposing or depending on or containing a condition |