ESL ACT Vocabulary

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n. Syn. confinement; incarceration
confinement; putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment


Spelling Word: imprisonment
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a.
capable of being caused, or made to take place


Spelling Word: inducible
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n.
development of industry on an extensive scale


Spelling Word: industrialization
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v. Syn. cross; meet
cross; meet; meet at a point


Spelling Word: intersect
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n.
a large continuous extent of land


Spelling Word: landmass
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n.
attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets


Spelling Word: magnetism
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a. Syn. impressionable
capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable


Spelling Word: malleable
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v. Syn. nullify; deny
cancel out; make ineffective or invalid; deny


Spelling Word: negate
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n. Syn. beginning; eruption; explosion
beginning; eruption; explosion


Spelling Word: outbreak
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n.
board on which painter mixes pigments


Spelling Word: palette