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ACT Vocabulary6

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Definition
antidote   the remedy for a poison or a disease, cure  
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bestow   to give as a gift  
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feckless   weak, ineffective, irresponsible  
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transcend   to rise above, overcome  
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wry   cleverly and ironicaly humorous  
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arduous   extremely difficult requiring much energy or effort  
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avenge   the take vengeance on or on the behalf of another  
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banal   unoriginal, bland  
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bombastic   obnoxiously pretentious in speech or in writing  
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cajole   to persuadethrough flattery, promises or gentle urging  
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elegy   a poem or song expressing sorrow at the loss of one who has died  
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fractious   tending to be quarrelsome or troublesome, unruly  
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ineffable   indescribable, unutterable  
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lurid   gruesome, shocking  
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omnipotant   having unlimited power  
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pungent   sharp, biting, caustic  
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strident   characterized by harsh and insistent sound  
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commemorate   to serve as a memorial of  
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eradicate   to do away with completely  
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hyperbole   exaggeration, embelishment  
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interpolate   to add words into a conversation  
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jovial   merry, good natured  
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melancholy   state of depression, sorrowful  
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pallid   lacking color or energy  
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portly   heavy, stout  
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