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ACT/SAT Vocab
Lesson 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| portion | allotment |
| vain boaster | braggart |
| conversation | collquy |
| devoted to feasting, or eating and drinking in good fellowship | convivial |
| self-distrust | diffidence |
| hatred | enmity |
| state of constant movement, change, or renewal | flux |
| an unreal image presented to the senses | illusion |
| confused, unintelligible speech or highly technical speech | jargon |
| Submission to death or persecution for the sake of faith or principle | martyrdom |
| wicked to the extreme | nefarious |
| One who delivers an elaborate or formal speech | orator |
| A high or topmost point, as a mountain peak | pinnacle |
| An introductory or opening performance | prelude |
| To restore to a former state, station, or authority | reinstate |
| To chew over again, as food previously swallowed | ruminate |
| To smother | stifle |
| rigid | stringent |
| to come to pass | transpire |
| away from the appropriate, planned, or expected course | awry |