ACT Vocabulary

To make shorter

• Adulation

• Anecdote

• Abbreviate

• Amicable

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.6

Adulation

• excessive praise

• excessive payment

• excessive attention

• excessive anger

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

difficulties; misfortune

• Anecdote

• Spurious

• Adversity

• Wary

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Amicable

• having a spirit of revenge

• having a spirit of friendliness

• having a spirit of disgust

• having a spirit of excitement

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A real story about a person or event

• Ephemeral

• Anecdote

• Adulation

• impetuous

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.3

Benevolent

• kind, meaning well

• evil intentions

• state of friendship

• having support from your enemies

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Ability to understand someone else's point of view

• sympathy

• emotion

• intrepid

• empathy

Tags

CCSS.SL.9-10.1D

Ephemeral

• lasting a short amount of time

• lasting at least a day

• heavenly

• beautiful

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

a phrase or idea that is overused,

• sarcasm

• hackneyed

• transient

• venerable

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Impetuous

• unwilling to compromise

• needing intervention

• done quickly and without care

• sarcasm to a superior

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4