ACT Vocab. QTR. 1

Question 1

Prudent

Answer 1

Marked by sound judgement

Question 2

Inevitable

Answer 2

Incapable of being avoid or prevented

Question 3

Subtle

Answer 3

Difficult to detect or grasp by by the mind or analyze

Question 4

Compromise

Answer 4

An accommodation in which both sides make concessions

Question 5

Prosperity

Answer 5

The condition of having good fortune

Question 6

Reverence

Answer 6

Feeling of profound respect for someone or something

Question 7

Compassion

Answer 7

A deep awareness of and sympathy for another’s suffering

Question 8

Diligent

Answer 8

Quietly and steadily persevering in detail or exactness

Question 9

Benevolent

Answer 9

Showing or motivated by sympathy or understanding

Question 10

Haughty

Answer 10

Having or showing arrogant superiority to

Question 11

Disdain

Answer 11

Lack of respect accompanied by feeling of dislike

Question 12

Hypothesis

Answer 12

A tentative insight that is not yet tested or verified

Question 13

Venerable

Answer 13

Profoundly honored

Question 14

Restrained

Answer 14

Under control

Question 15

Orator

Answer 15

A person who delivers a speech

Question 16

Spontaneous

Answer 16

Said or done without having been planned in advance

Question 17

Abstain

Answer 17

Choose not to consume

Question 18

Asylum

Answer 18

A shelter from danger or hardship

Question 19

Wary

Answer 19

Marked by keen caution and watchful prudence

Question 20

Impetuous

Answer 20

Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought

Question 21

Foster

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Providing nurture though not related by blood or legal ties

Question 22

Superficial

Answer 22

Of, affecting, or being on or near the surface

Question 23

Abate

Answer 23

Become less in amount or intensity

Question 24

Sagacity

Answer 24

The ability to understand and discriminate between relations

Question 25

Superfluous

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More than needed, desired, or required

Question 26

Vindicate

Answer 26

Show to be by providing justification or proof

Question 27

Reconciliation

Answer 27

The reestablish in of cordial relations

Question 28

Collaborate

Answer 28

Work together on a common enterprise or project

Question 29

Impute

Answer 29

Attribute or credit to

Question 30

Bias

Answer 30

Partially preventing objective consideration of an issue

Question 31

Discredit

Answer 31

A state of being held in low esteem

Question 32

Capitulate

Answer 32

Surrender under agreed conditions

Question 33

Canny

Answer 33

Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others

Question 34

Aesthetic

Answer 34

Characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste

Question 35

Fortitude

Answer 35

Strength of mind hat enables one to endure adversity

Question 36

Brazen

Answer 36

Unrestrained by convention or propriety

Question 37

Emulate

Answer 37

Strive to equal or match, especially by imitating

Question 38

Conditional

Answer 38

Imposing or depending on or containing an assumption

Question 39

Boisterous

Answer 39

Full of rough and exuberant animal spirits

Question 40

Frugal

Answer 40

Avoiding waste

Question 41

Transient

Answer 41

Lasting a vey short time

Question 42

Intrepid

Answer 42

Invulnerable to fear or intimidation