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ACT Vocab week2
ACT Vocabulary Week 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Antithesis | direct opposite |
| Ascend | move upward |
| Austere | unsmiling, grim |
| Autonomous | able to choose |
| Banal | dull and unoriginal |
| Benign | harmless |
| Capricious | given to sudden changes |
| Dawdle | move slowly, waste time |
| Defamation | offense of making bad, false statements about someone |
| Esoteric | secret |
| Exacerbate | make worse |
| Extol | praise somebody or something |
| Fastidious | concerned that the smallest details should be just right |
| Furtive | secretive, shifty |
| Gregarious | friendly |
| Hypocrite | somebody who pretends to have admirable beliefs or feelings but behaves otherwise |
| Innate | present from birth |
| Lethargic | tired |
| Melancholy | feeling or causing sadness |
| Opaque | unable to see through |
| Prolific | highly productive |
| Reprove | criticize something someone has done |
| Symmetry | property of sameness |
| Tranquil | serene, free from commotion |
| Venerate | respect somebody |