ACT Vocab No. 8

CRYPTIC

CRYPTIC

MYSTERIOUS, PUZZLING, ENIGMATIC

LEVITY

FLIPPANCY, HUMOR .

AMBIVALENT

UNDECIDED, BLOWING HOT AND COLD

INNATE

INBORN, INHERITED

SYCOPHANT

A BOOTLICKER, AN APPLE-POLISHER

AMIABLE

FRIENDLY

ESOTERIC

UNDERSTOOD ONLY BY A SELECT FEW

EXTRANEOUS

IRRELEVANT, EXTRA, UNNECESSARY, UNIMPORTANT

TEDIOUS

BORING

CAUSTIC

BURNING, UNCOMPLIMENTARY

INADVERTENT

LAX, CARELESS, WITHOUT INTENTION

EXHAUSTIVE

THOROUGH, COMPLETE

INCONGRUOUS

NOT FITTING IN, OUT OF PLACE

BELITTLE

TO PUT DOWN, TO DISPARAGE

UNPRECEDENTED

HAPPENING FOR THE FIRST TIME, NOVEL, NEVER SEEN BEFORE

FRIVOLOUS

NOT SERIOUS, NOT SOLEMN

DIGRESS

TO GO OFF THE SUBJECT

APPEASE

TO MAKE PEACE WITH, TO SATISFY

INSTIGATE

TO CAUSE, TO START TROUBLE

SAGE

(SAGACIOUS) A WISE PERSON