ESL ACT Vocabulary

Stories of USA Today
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a. Syn. bright; brilliant
bright; brilliant


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v. Syn. authorize; empower
authorize and send another person as one's representative; commit or entrust to another


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n. Syn. sect
class, society, or collection of individuals called by the same name; specifically, a religious sect


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n.
devaluation; decrease in price or value


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n. Syn. difference; deviation; separation
difference; deviation; separation; the act of moving away in different direction


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v.
cause to seem small; check natural growth or development of


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n.
branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies


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a. Syn. irregular; odd; whimsical; bizarre
departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern


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n. Syn. tap
a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir


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n.
a trodden path


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