th
10
Grade ACT
Vocabulary
Unit #18
retainer
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N. a person or thing that keeps possession
of
retribution
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N. a reward or punishment, especially for
evil
rift
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N. an opening made by splitting
rivulet
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N. a small stream
ruminate
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V. to chew again or over and over
sadistic
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Adj. deriving pleasure from extreme cruelty
sagacious
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Adj. having or showing acute mental or
keen practical sense
satiate
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V. to supply with anything to excess
scenario
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N. an outline of the plot of a dramatic work,
giving particulars to a scene
scintillate
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V. to sparkle; flash
scruple
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N. a moral or ethical consideration or
standard that acts as a restraining force or
inhibits certain actions
sedulous
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Adj. persistently or carefully maintained
senile

Adj. showing a decline of physical or
mental functioning as a result of old age
simulate
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V. to create a likeness or model of
skeptical

Adj. having doubt
WORD POWER
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-culp- fault
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-fid
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belief; faith
confident
all
omniscient
-psyc
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culpable
fidelity
-omni
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culprit
mind, sprit
Psychologist
mono
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omnivore
monorail
psychic
one
monologue