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Behymer Srs 75-110

ACT prep words 75 - 110

QuestionAnswer
Interpolate Insert, add
Kindle Start a fire
Labyrinthine Complicated, highly convoluted
Laceration A cut
Lachrymose Tearful, sad
Lackluster Dull, bland
Laconic Using few words, brief
Lampoon Ridicule, spoof
Lance Javelin, spear
Lexicon Vocabulary, dictionary
Lugubrious Sad, dismal
Metamorphosis Abrupt change or growth
Moiety A portion of something divided
Nanotechnology Manipulation of matter on a molecular level
Nihilism The belief that life in meaningless
Nomenclature A system of names
Noxious Harmful to living things
Nuance Subtle differences in meaning
Nullify Counter, make unimportant
Obdurate Stubborn
Obfuscate Deliberately make something difficult to understand
Oblique Indirect, slanting
Obliterate destroy completely
Oblivious Totally unaware
Obsequious Excessively obedient
Orthography Rules of spelling
Paradigm A typical example or model
Pecuniary Relating to money
Placid Calm, peaceful
Plaintiff Accuser
Plausible Reasonable
Plaudit Strong praise
Plethora An excess
Pliable Flexible
Plumage Feathers of a bird
Plummet Fall suddenly
Poignant Deeply moving
Precipitous Acting without thinking
Quotidian Daily
Remuneration Payment for work
Renown Fame
Reprehensible Shameful
Reprieve Postponement of a sentence
Repudiate Deny
Rescind Take back
Resignation Acceptance of fate
Resolution Determination
Resonant Echoing
Respite A break
Sanguine Optimistic
Tentative Not certain
Tenous Flimsy, not solid
Terse Concise, to the point
Unctuous Excessively flattering, oily
Usurp To take without right
Vacuous Mindless
Vehement Forceful
Wrought Shaped by hammering
Xenophobia Fear of the foreign or strange
Yeoman Attendant in a royal house (Middle Ages)
Created by: lbehymer
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