ACT VOCABULARY LIST 1

10 cards   |   Total Attempts: 182
  

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ABANDON
1. a lack of control or restraint 2. loss of inhibitions 3. exuberance 4. surrender to one's natural impulses
ABANDONMENT
1. leaving someone, such as a child or a spouse, voluntarily 2. the act of giving something up 3. the act of letting something or someone go
ABATE
Reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; lessen
ABBREVIATE
Make (a word, phrase, or text) shorter
ABDICATE
1. leave or give up a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, especially in a formal manner; abandon, lay down, or withdraw from 2. fail to do what is required by (a responsibility or duty)
ABERRANT
Different from the right, normal, usual course, expected course or an accepted standard
ABEYANCE
1. a temporary stoppage or delay of activity 2. suspension
ABHOR
Regard with extreme dislike and hatred
ABIDE
1. to accept 2. to put up with; to tolerate 3. to conform
ABILITY
1. the capacity to do something 2. a skill or talent in a specific area