ACT Words

Question 1

Assuage

Answer 1

(v.) to make easier or milder, relieve, to quiet, calm

Question 2

Decadence

Answer 2

(n) An excessive self-indulgence that leads to decay or decline (adj) = decadent

Question 3

Elicit

Answer 3

(v) to draw forth; bring out from some source

Question 4

Expostulate

Answer 4

(v.) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or

decision by earnest reasoning

Question 5

Hiatus

Answer 5

(n.) a gap, opening, break (metaphorical)

Question 6

Innuendo

Answer 6

(n.) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)

Question 7

Intercede

Answer 7

(v.) to plead on behalf of someone else

Question 8

Lurid

Answer 8

(adj.) causing shock, horror, or revulsion

Question 9

Petulant

Answer 9

(adj.) peevish

Question 10

Provincial

Answer 10

(adj)narrow in mind or outlook

Question 11

Transcend

Answer 11

(v.) to rise above or beyond, exceed

Question 12

Unctuous

Answer 12

(adj.) excessively smooth or smug

Question 13

Aplomb

Answer 13

(n.) poise, assurance, great self-confidence

Question 14

Bombastic

Answer 14

(adj.) pompous or overblown in language

Question 15

Callow

Answer 15

(adj.) without experience; immature

Question 16

Exhort

Answer 16

(v.) to urge strongly, advise earnestly

Question 17

Ingratiate

Answer 17

(v.) to make oneself agreeable

Question 18

Intrinsic

Answer 18

(adj.) belonging to someone or something by its very

nature, inherent

Question 19

Permeate

Answer 19

(v.) to spread through, penetrate, soak through

Question 20

Precipitate

Answer 20

(v) to cause or bring about

suddenly

Question 21

Stringent

Answer 21

(adj.) strict, severe

Question 22

Surmise

Answer 22

(v) to assume

Question 23

Ascribe

Answer 23

(v.) to assign, to refer to, to attribute

Question 24

Circuitous

Answer 24

(adj.) roundabout

Question 25

Commiserate

Answer 25

(v.) to sympathize with

Question 26

Enjoin

Answer 26

(v.) to direct or order

Question 27

Expiate

Answer 27

(v.) to make amends

Question 28

Inadvertent

Answer 28

(adj) unintentional; accidental

Question 29

Nominal

Answer 29

(adj.) existing in name only

Question 30

Proclivity

Answer 30

(n.) a natural or habitual inclination or tendency, a penchant

Question 31

Seditious

Answer 31

(adj.) resistant to lawful authority; having the purpose of overthrowing an established government

Question 32

Tenuous

Answer 32

(adj.) thin, slender, not dense

Question 33

Vitriolic

Answer 33

(adj.) bitter, sarcastic

Question 34

Wheedle

Answer 34

(v) to use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end

Question 35

Affable

Answer 35

(adj.) courteous and pleasant, sociable

Question 36

Fetter

Answer 36

(n.) a chain or shackle (v.) to chain or shackle

Question 37

Megalomania

Answer 37

(n.) A delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc., far in excess of reality

Question 38

Surreptitious

Answer 38

(adj) Super sneaky

Question 39

Transgress

Answer 39

(v.) to go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law

Question 40

Vicarious

Answer 40

(adj.) performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another

Question 41

Austere

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(adj.) severe or stern in manner; simple, plain

Question 42

Concoct

Answer 42

(v.) To prepare by combining ingredients

Question 43

Crass

Answer 43

(adj) Coarse, crude, tasteless

Question 44

Debase

Answer 44

(v.) to lower in character, quality, or value

Question 45

Desecrate

Answer 45

(v.) to commit sacrilege upon

Question 46

Disconcert

Answer 46

(v.) to confuse

Question 47

Inconsequential

Answer 47

(adj.) trifling, unimportant

Question 48

Mitigate

Answer 48

(v.) to make milder or softer

Question 49

Punctilious

Answer 49

(adj.) Very careful and exact

Question 50

Reprove

Answer 50

(v.) to find fault with, scold, rebuke

Question 51

Vulnerable

Answer 51

(adj.) open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected

Question 52

Restitution

Answer 52

(n.) the act of restoring someone or something to the | rightful owner or to former state position; making good on loss or damage

Question 53

Acrimonious

Answer 53

(adj.) stinging, bitter in temper or tone

Question 54

Consternation

Answer 54

(n.) Dismay, confusion

Question 55

Corpulent

Answer 55

(adj.) fat

Question 56

Disavow

Answer 56

(v.) To deny responsibility for or connection with

Question 57

Dissension

Answer 57

(n.) Disagreement

Question 58

Dissipate

Answer 58

(v.) To cause to disappear, to scatter, dispel

Question 59

Gauntlet

Answer 59

(n) A challenge

Question 60

Impugn

Answer 60

(v.) To call into question; to attack as false

Question 61

Intemperate

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(adj.) immoderate, lacking in self-control

Question 62

Relegate

Answer 62

(v.) To place in lower position

Question 63

Squeamish

Answer 63

(adj.) Inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset

Question 64

Susceptible

Answer 64

(adj.) Open to; easily influenced

Question 65

Adjunct

Answer 65

(n.) Something added to something else as helpful or | useful, but not essential

Question 66

Bellwether

Answer 66

(n.) The male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse; a leader, as in desperate or violent undertaking

Question 67

Caterwaul

Answer 67

(v.) to howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel (n.) a harsh or noisy cry

Question 68

Chimerical

Answer 68

(adj.) absurd, wildly fantastic, impossible

Question 69

Effete

Answer 69

(adj.) lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or | exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out-of-date

Question 70

Fait Accompli

Answer 70

(n.) an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact or action