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ACT prep Vocab Unit
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Affable | courteous and pleasant; sociable, easy to speak to |
| Aggrandize | To increase in greatness, power, and wealth |
| Aura | a distinctive air or personal quality |
| Contraband | illegal, prohibited |
| Infer | to hint, suggest |
| Insular | narrow minded |
| Irrevocable | incapable of being changed or called back |
| Propensity | a natural inclination or predilection |
| Querulous | complaining |
| Remonstrate | to argue or plead with someone, protest against |
| Repudiate | reject |
| Resilient | able to return to an original shape or form, recover quickly |
| Reverberate | echo |
| Scurrilous | foul-mouthed |
| Sleazy | ethically low, mean |