MOST COMMONLY USED ACT WORDS

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CONSUMMATE• Adjective

• Complete or perfect in every respect; extremely skilled

• He is a consummate showman, taking all strides to make the sale.

CURSORY • Adjective

• Performed hastily and without attention to detail.

• The student made a cursory glance over his paper before turning it in. He missed numerous spelling and grammar errors.

DEFIANT• Adjective

• Boldly resisting authority or opposing a force; challenging

DEPICT• Verb

• To recognize or characterize in words, pictures, or sculptures.

DERIDE• Verb

• To laugh at in scorn or contempt; to ridicule

DISPARAGE • Verb

• To speak of with little respect; to belittle or depreciate

• Women who protested for an end to the war were often disparaged in this way.

DISPARITY • Noun

• Lack of equality or similarity; difference.

ECLECTIC • Adjective

• Selecting from a wide variety of sources.

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ELABORATE• Adjective

• Planned or executed with great care and attention.

ELOQUENT• Adjective

• Characterized by clear, powerful, and persuasive speech.

ELUCIDATE• Verb

• To make lucid or clear; to explain

EMBODY• Verb

• To represent in bodily, material, or tangible form.

EQUITABLE • Adjective

• Characterized by fairness and impartiality; just or reasonable

ERRATIC• Adjective

• Having no fixed or regular course; wandering; lacking in consistency.

ETHICAL• Adjective

• Being in accordance with rules or standards for right conduct or practice.