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ACT Vocabulary7

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Term
Definition
absolve   to free from guilt or responability  
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aesthetic   having to do with beauty or the arts  
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ample   enough in size or capacity  
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assuage   to decrease the severity of  
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aversion   a desire to avoid something, or cause of dislike  
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bizarre   outrageously strange or out of the ordinary  
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canny   clever, astute  
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chronology   the order of events in which they occurred, history  
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desecrate   to treat irreverently, contaminate, harm  
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epoch   a period of time characterized by distinct events, era  
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hypocrisy   a pretense of being more virtuous than one really is,  
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incontrovertible   not open to question, undeniable  
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jaunty   lively in manner  
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luminous   shinning with light, glowing  
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missive   a written message  
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painstaking   taking great care, conscientious,  
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pretentious   making a show of one's importance  
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rash   hasty, done without thought  
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rustic   relating to the country, simple  
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spurn   to reject with disdain, scorn  
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terrestrial   relating to the Earth or land  
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usurp   to take by force, displace or seize  
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verbose   using more words than needed, loquacious  
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wan   pale, weak ineffective  
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gargoyle   a grotesque carving of an animal or human used as a spout for rainwater on a building  
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