Vocabulary Power Plus for ACT - Lesson 11 - Grade 9

If someone asks you to examine a horse's gait, what do they want you to look at?

• the horse's decorative saddle

• the mane of the horse

• the way the horse moves

• the stable in which the horse is kept

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CCSS.L.5.5C

patrician means:

• a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel

• a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan

• someone who helps another person commit a crime

• a member of the aristocracy

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

nefarious means

• curious

• wicked

• hilarious

• tedious

queue means to

• form a line or stand in line

• be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

• divulge confidential information or secrets

• move faster

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

fracas means

• inferno

• prognosis

• vendetta

• altercation

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

lacerate means to

• pry

• dredge

• flounder

• gash

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CCSS.L.3.2F

immaculate means

• vagrant

• faultless

• inveterate

• sonorous

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Which of the following would best be described as an emissary?

• one who commits errors often

• an adopted baby

• an unmarried woman

• a foreign diplomat

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

futile means

• unproductive

• austere

• expanded

• gleaming

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

kindred means

• physically weak

• discolored by impurities

• related by blood or marriage

• having similar origin, nature, or character

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C