Vocabulary Power Plus for the ACT - Lesson 8 - 9th Grade

I went but slowly, for I had to feign indifference.

In this sentence, feign means to:

• make believe with the intent to deceive

• gather

• express approval of

• deem to be

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

desist means to:

• lurch

• drone

• degenerate

• cease

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

imbibe means to:

• bask

• amass

• drink

• reverberate

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

The former can cause sufferers to feign illness to draw attention to themselves and the latter leads to the abuse of another person, again to win sympathy or attention.

Source: BBC

In this sentence, feign means to:

• alleviate

• ignore

• investigate

• simulate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

chafe means to:

• present for acceptance or rejection

• cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

• become or make sore by or as if by rubbing

• give off, send forth, or discharge

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

glean means to:

• govern

• gather

• glimmer

• garble

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2B

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

allude means to:

• make an indirect reference to

• move unsteadily, with a rocking motion

• wander with no apparent aim

• express great joy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Which of the following would most likely be considered elite?

• a college that has highly competitive admissions

• an elementary school that has mixed age classes

• a hospital that specializes in orthopedic surgery

• a public library that serves a diverse community

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

beget means to:

• produce

• plight

• shroud

• censure

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

desist means to:

• collect or look around for, as food

• move ahead steadily

• stop performing some action

• adapt oneself to new or different conditions

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E