ACT vocab words
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| esoteric (es-ah-TER-ik) adjective | intended for or understood by only a particular group
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| fulminate (FUL-mah-nate) verb | to issue a thunderous verbal attack or denunciation
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| insouciant (in-SOO-see-ant) adjective | marked by nonchalance; carefree
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| lachrymose (LAK-rah-mos) adjective | weeping or inclined to weep; tearful
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| grandiloquent (adj) | Using high flown, pompous, bombastic, words
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| fecund (FEE-kund) adjective | 1 capable of producing offspring or vegetation; fruitful
2 marked by intellectual productivity
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| foppish (FOP-ish) adjective | dandified; stylish
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| hoi polloi (hoi-pah-LOI) noun | the common people; the masses
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| inchoate (in-KOH-it) adjective | 1in an initial or early stage; 2 imperfectly formed or developed
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| nabob (ney-bob) noun | a person of great wealth or prominence
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| lugubrious (adj) | mournful, dismal, or gloomy
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| maudlin (adj) | effusively or tearfully sentimental
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| milquetoast (adj) | one who has a meek, timid, unassertive nature
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| nadir (noun) | the lowest point
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| exiguous (adj) | quite scanty; meager
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| anachronism (adj) | a person or a thing that is chronologically out of place
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| enervate (verb) | to reduce the mental vigor or vitality or strength of
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| ephemeral (adj) | lasting a very short time
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| fortuitous (adj) | fortunate; lucky
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| hackneyed (adj) | lacking in freshness or originality; cliché
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