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All Soph. ACT words
1-50
Question | Answer |
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temper (v) | to moderate, to soften |
sage (n) | wise person |
sagacious (adj) | wise |
lethargic (adj) | tired, languid, weak |
jeopardy (n) | danger |
mitigate (v) | to make milder, to make less severe |
orthodox (adj) | standard, commonly accepted, conventional |
insipid (adj) | bland, boring, tasteless |
taciturn (adj) | quiet, saying little |
dogmatic (adj) | stubbornly opinionated |
extraneous (adj) | irrelevant, extra, unnecessary |
meander (v) | to wander randomly |
fickle (adj) | unpredictable, capricious, whimsical, changeable |
scrutinize (v) | to examine closely |
ameliorate (v) | to make better, to improve |
innocuous (adj) | harmless |
blasphemy (n) | heretical departure from accepted practice or belief |
esoteric (adj) | understood only by a select few |
pretentious (adj) | pompous, self-important, intending to seem impressive |
blithe (adj) | free-spirited, carefree |
avarice (n) | greed |
hedonistic (adj) | pleasure-seeking, indulgent, devoted to pleasure |
slander (v) | to defame, to speak maliciously of someone |
hackneyed (adj) | overused, trite, banal, repeated too often |
amass (v) | to accumulate, to pile up |
fortuitous (adj) | accidental, happening by chance or luck (usually good) |
assuage (v) | to soothe |
verbose (adj) | wordy, overly talkative |
supercilious (adj) | haughty, arrogant, feeling and action as if better than others |
objective (adj) | without bias |
revere (v) | to worship, adore, or honor |
banal (adj) | dull, ordinary, common |
sycophant (n) | a brown noser, someone who flatters others to help himself |
censor (v) | to delete objectionable matter |
complacent (adj) | self-satisfied, overly confident, lacking desire to improve |
virtue (n) | moral excellence |
solitude (n) | the state of being alone |
tentative (adj) | temporary, not final |
expedite (v) | to make faster and easier |
irrational (adj) | unreasonable, unpredictable |
intangible (adj) | not capable of being touched or felt, abstract |
compatible (adj) | able to co-exist, harmonious |
exhaustive (adj) | thorough, complete |
authoritarian (adj) | like a dictator |
redundant (adj) | superfluous, unnecessary, repetitive |
fervor (n) | passion, zeal, great enthusiasm |
incessant (adj) | never-ending, unceasing |
ephemeral (adj) | short-lived, fleeting, transitory |
brevity (n) | briefness, shortness |
acclaim (n) | praise, applause, admiration |
indolence (n) | laziness |