ACT Reading Vocabulary II

Antagonize (verb)

• cause someone to become hostile

• the amount by which something is too small

• make up for something unwelcome or unpleasant by exerting an opposite force or effect

• 1. large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use 2. slow or complicated and therefore inefficient*

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Anticipate (verb)

• spread out over a large area; not concentrated

• entirely lacking or free from

• characterized by constant change, activity, or progress

• regard as probable; expect or predict

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Arcane (adjective)

• mysterious or secret

• following continuously; in unbroken or logical sequence

• state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully

• a lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Assert (verb)

• a thing that completes or brings to perfection a larger whole

• an outline, especially one representing or bounding the shape or form of something

• a direct or natural consequence or result

• state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Compensate (verb)

• entirely lacking or free from

• make up for something unwelcome or unpleasant by exerting an opposite force or effect

• leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing

• a direct or natural consequence or result

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Complement (noun)

• be in conflict with

• leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing

• a thing that completes or brings to perfection a larger whole

• regard as probable; expect or predict

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Consecutive (adjective)

• regard as probable; expect or predict

• 1. large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use 2. slow or complicated and therefore inefficient*

• characterized by constant change, activity, or progress

• following continuously; in unbroken or logical sequence

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Contour (noun)

• an outline, especially one representing or bounding the shape or form of something

• a direct or natural consequence or result

• make or become less

• decrease in size, number, or range

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Contract (verb)

• mysterious or secret

• decrease in size, number, or range

• an outline, especially one representing or bounding the shape or form of

• leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Contradict (verb)

• be in conflict with

• decrease in size, number, or range

• a thing that completes or brings to perfection a larger whole

• 1. large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use 2. slow or complicated and therefore inefficient*

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4