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ACT Vocab week1
ACT Vocabulary Week 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Altruistic | selflessness |
| Ambivalent | unsure |
| Angular | defined |
| Arrogant | feeling or showing self-importance and contempt or disregard for others |
| Aversion | strong dislike |
| Discern | see or notice something unclear |
| Disdain | intense scorn |
| Disparage | criticize |
| Disparity | lack of equality |
| Embellish | beautify something |
| Engender | create or arise |
| Innocuous | unlikely to offend or harmless |
| Insipid | dull |
| Lament | express sadness or regret |
| Laud | praise |
| Obscure | hard to understand |
| Ostentatious | rich and showy |
| Prodigal | extravagantly wasteful |
| Repudiate | deny or disown something |
| Reticence | unwilling to provide information |
| Revere | treat someone with admiring respect |
| Serene | European royal title or calm and untroubled |
| Subtle | pleasantly understated |
| Superfluous | more than necessary |
| Taciturn | silent by nature |