Common ACT words
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| abridge | to make shorter; to reduce in length or power
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| meager | lacking in quality or quantity
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| sophomoric | overconfident while being immature
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| duplicity | deceit in speech or action by acting or speaking in contradictory ways
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| insipid | lacking taste, dull
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| tact | a keen sense of what should be said or done in order to avoid offending
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| wary | cautious, watchful,on guard
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| depleted | to exhaust the quantity of
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| infamous | having a reputation for evil, causing ill repute
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| lethargy | drowsiness or laziness
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| engendered | to bring into existence
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| pinnacle | highest point, acme,high peak
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| circumlocution | a roundabout way of speaking or expressing an idea
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| pious | characterized by religious devotion or by hypocritical virtue
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| lampoon | satire, usually directed at an individual
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| collaborate | work together, cooperate
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| despairing | having no hope
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| eclectic | assorted, composed of a variety of styles
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| glossy | having a shiny surface
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| impulsive | spontaneous, acting on sudden inspirations
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| kin | one's relatives or ancestors
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| mutation | a change in form or hereditary material
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| utopia | a place or state of ideal perfection
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| furtive | done secretly or underhandedly
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| ravenous | extremely hungry, famished
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