ACT Vocabulary, List 1

When writing an essay, you should do your best to _________ a solid thesis statement.

• compassion

• compose

• ambiguous

• contract

Every year we ________ the return of the hummingbirds to our garden.

• ambiguous

• assert

• analyze

• anticipate

If you really want to be class president, you will need to ______ yourself.

• anticipate

• assert

• ambiguous

• analyze

The winters are so harsh in Montana that I could hardly ________ the thought of the passing summer.

• analyze

• correlate

• bear

• contract

The teacher's directions were so _______ that I wasn't sure I was completing the assignment correctly.

• anticipate

• assert

• ambiguous

• analyze

While explaining the reason why he was ending the relationship, her soon-to-be ex was so ____________.

• analyze

• correlate

• bear

• condescending

Your grades will directly ______ to the effort you put into your classes.

• correlate

• compose

• ambiguous

• contract

Scientists are working very hard to _____ the impact of vaccinations.

• ambiguous

• assert

• analyze

• anticipate

When he saw the injured puppy, his __________ wouldn't allow him to walk away but instead he took it to the vet.

• bear

• contract

• ambiguous

• compassion

As water freezes, it often appears to ______________.

• correlate

• compose

• ambiguous

• contract