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ACT Vocabulary 12/4/13
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11th Grade
12/04/2013

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Term
Acerbic
Definition

adj

bitter

sour

severe

Term
Adulation
Definition

Noun

Wild or excessive

admiration flattery

Term
Celibacy
Definition

n

abstinence

 

Term
Consonant
Definition

adj

harminous in agreement

Term
Delineate
Definition

V

to describe accurately

to draw in outline

Term
Egalitarian
Definition

adj

Believing in the social and economic quality of all people

Term
Ideology
Definition

N

A system of social or political ideas

Term
Lugubrious
Definition

adj

exageratedly mournful

Term
Malleable
Definition

Adj

Easy to shape or bend

Term
Patriarch
Definition

N

The male head of a family or tribe

Term
Pecadillo
Definition

N

A minor offense

Term

Pragmatic

 

Definition

Adj

Practical

Based on Experience

Down to Earth

Term
Preeminent
Definition

Adj

Better than anyone else

outstanding

supreme

Term
Surfeit
Definition

N

Excess

An excessive amount

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Surrogate
Definition

Adj

Substitute

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