4.ACT Vocabulary in Context Practice

The dress that she purchased over spring break was in ____ in Arkansas, but not in New York.

• vogue
• galvanize
• succinct
• lament

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

As a foreign aid worker, you should not have a case of ____ that hinders you from socializing with people.

• xenophobia
• sanctimonious
• turbulence
• abstract

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Everyone was happy when the politician made a ____ speech that did not take all evening.

• succinct
• demur
• vogue
• xenophobic

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

While Mr. Peterson was quite ___ with his meals, he always put out a big feast when he had guests over for dinner.

• abstemious
• antipathy
• deprecate
• boisterous

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

I may live life on the edge, but never will I attend a ___ Vegas party again.

• boisterous
• effervescent
• contemptuous
• exhort

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

She is ___ of me simply because I do not agree with her every word.

• contemptuous
• deprecate
• effervescent
• schism

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

When you are teaching someone, you have to remember to not ___ their efforts to a point where they simply want to stop trying.

• deprecate
• insatiable
• paragon
• precipitate

The energetic and ___ cheerleaders infused the crowd with their infectious excitement.

• effervescent
• gaunt
• exhort
• laud

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

A good leader will ___ people to achieve their own forms of greatness rather than try to force them on a certain path.

• exhort
• gaunt
• implicit
• venerable

After being held in a dark basement for three months, the prisoner was ___ and weak.

• gaunt
• venerable
• implicit
• deprecate

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4