Act Vocab 1

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Restrained

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Characterized by reserve or moderation; unemotional or dispassionate.

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Insidiously

Back 2

Intended to entrap or beguile.

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Degrade

Back 3

Treat or regard with contempt or disrespect.

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Subtle

Back 4

so delicate or precise as to be difficult to describe

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Self-Effacing

Back 5

Not claiming attention for oneself

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Undoctored

Back 6

Genuine or not altered.

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Audacious

Back 7

Showing willingness to take bold risks.

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Mimic

Back 8

to imitate or copy

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Writerly

Back 9

of or characteristic of a professional author; consciously literary.

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Highbrow

Back 10

Being highly cultured or intellectual.

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Pretentious

Back 11

Someone or something that claims to be grand or important when that is not the case.

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Commercial

Back 12

making or intended to make a profit; engaged in commerce.

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Collaboration

Back 13

the action of working with someone to produce or create something.

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Perplexed

Back 14

completely baffled; very puzzled.

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titillated

Back 15

stimulate or excite (someone), especially in a sexual way.

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complacent

Back 16

showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements.

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disparate

Back 17

essentially different in kind; not allowing comparison.

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oddities

Back 18

strange or peculiar person, thing, or trait

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respective

Back 19

belonging or relating separately to each of two or more people or things

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Potent

Back 20

having great power, influence, or effect.

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Paradoxical

Back 21

seemingly absurd or self-contradictory

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Seduce

Back 22

attract (someone) to a belief or into a course of action that is inadvisable or foolhardy.

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Medium

Back 23

the intervening substance through which impressions are conveyed to the senses or a force acts on objects at a distance.

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Emphasis

Back 24

special importance, value, or prominence given to something.

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Complacent

Back 25

showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements.

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uninitiated

Back 26

without special knowledge or experience

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prose

Back 27

written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.

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tenacious

Back 28

ot readily relinquishing a position, principle, or course of action; determined.

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Commerce

Back 29

the activity of buying and selling, especially on a large scale.

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Deceit

Back 30

the action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth.

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arduous

Back 31

involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring.

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Worthier

Back 32

deserving more effort, attention, or respect.

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Ecosystem

Back 33

a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

(in general use) a complex network or interconnected system.

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Infestation

Back 34

state of being invaded or overrun by pests or parasites. It can also refer to the actual organisms living on or within a host.

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Preemptive

Back 35

serving or intended to forestall something, especially to prevent attack by disabling the enemy.

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Disparaging

Back 36

expressing the opinion that something is of little worth; derogatory

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Mesmeric

Back 37

compelling, fascinating

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Contrary

Back 38

opposite in nature,direction,or meaning.

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Astonished

Back 39

to fill with sudden overpowering surprise.

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Indulgent

Back 40

being lenient ore permissive.

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Analytical

Back 41

relating to or using analysis or logical reasoning

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Flickery

Back 42

to move irregularly or unsteadilly

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Inferrior

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Lower in rank, status, or quality.

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Seldom

Back 44

not often or rarely

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Transferrence

Back 45

the action of moving something from one place to another

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Analyze

Back 46

examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of (something, especially information), typically for purposes of explanation and interpretation.

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Compose

Back 47

write or create (a work of art, especially music or poetry).

(of elements) constitute or make up (a whole).

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Correlate

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verbˈ(kôrəˌlāt,ˈkärəˌlāt/) 1.have a mutual relationship or connection, in which one thing affects or depends on another.

nounˈ(kôrələt/) 1.each of two or more related or complementary things.