Soph. ACT words 1-15 Word Scramble
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| Word | Definition |
| temper | to moderate, to soften |
| sage | wise person |
| sagacious | wise |
| lethargic | tired, languid, weak |
| mitigate | to make milder, less severe |
| jeopardy | danger |
| orthodox | standard, commonly accepted, conventional |
| taciturn | quiet, saying little |
| dogmatic | strongly opinionated |
| extraneous | irrelevant, extra, unnecessary |
| meander | to wander randomly |
| insipid | bland, boring, tasteless |
| fickle | unpredictable, capricious, whimsical, changeable |
| scrutinize | to examine closely |
| innocuous | harmless |
| blasphemy | heretical departure from accepted practice or belief |
| esoteric | understood by only a few |
| pretentious | pompous, self-important, intending to seem impressive |
| ameliorate | to make feel better; to improve |
| avarice | greed |
| blithe | free-spirited, carefree |
| hedonistic | pleasure-seeking, indulgent, devoted to pleasure |
| slander | to defame, to speak maliciously of someone |
| amass | to accumulate; to pile up |
| fortuitous | accidental happening by chance or luck |
| hackneyed | overused, trite, banal, repeated too often |
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