ESL ACT Vocabulary

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n. Syn. authority; purview; range
authority; right and power to interpret and apply the law


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v. Syn. delay; drag
delay; drag; the act of slowing down or falling behind


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v. Syn. responsible; answerable
bound or obliged in law or equity


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ad.
by hand


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n.
a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group


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a. Syn. tidy; clean
clean or orderly


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v. Syn. nullify; deny
cancel out; make ineffective or invalid; deny


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n. Syn. incidence; event; happening
an event that happens


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n. Syn. guard; watch
activity of going on an area at regular intervals for security purposes


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n.
devoted to or appreciative of music


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