ACT VOCAB SET 1

Deleterious

causing harm or damage; detrimental.

Laissez-faire

a policy of minimal governmental interference in economic affairs.

Mirth

gaiety accompanied by laughter

Absolve

to free from guilt or blame; to free from obligation or responsibility

Ebb

to decrease or decline; the flowing back of the tide.

Querulous

given to complaining; habitually grumbling

Palpable

capable of being touched or felt; easily perceived or noticed.

Restrained

held back; controlled or limited

Discredit

to refuse to believe or cause others to disbelieve

Troupe

a group of actors or performers

Guile

sly or cunning intelligence

Whimsical

full of whims, characterized by sudden and eccentric ideas

Ravenous

extremely hungry or eager for food or satisfaction

Unheralded

without fanfare or publicity, unannounced

Abstemious

restrained, especially with food and alcohol

Anachronism

a person or thing that is out of place in time

Evanescent

like vapor, tending to fade or vanish

Jovial

characterized by jollity and hearty good nature

Verbose

tending to use more words than necessary, wordy

Awe

a feeling of dread, reverence, or wonder inspired by someone or something powerful, sacred, or sublime

Loathe

to dislike to the point of intolerance or disgust

Balk

to stop short as though encountering an obstacle and refuse to proceed; to put an obstacle in the way of

Hedonism

devotion to pleasure, the doctrine that pleasure is the greatest good

Obsolete

no longer in use, useful, or current

Bombastic

obnoxiously pretentious in speech or writing

Feckless

weak, ineffective; irresponsible

Hone

to sharpen; to make more acute or to improve

Nascent

just coming into existence

Capricious

impulsive, tending to act according to whim

Complicity

Ruminate

Temperance

Yield

to give up, surrender; to bring forth

Circumnavigate

Oust

Strident

characterized by harsh and insistent sound, commanding attention

Vivid

Inept

Kinetic

Flourish

Wry

Terse

Mosaic

Utopia

Gerrymander

Nostalgia

Secrete

Plucky

Auspicious

Illustrious