ACT Vocab 1 & 2

Conflagration

• -n- a destructive fire, usually an extensive one

• -n- sleepwalking

• -n- exaggerated dramatic behavior designed to attract attention

• -n- the internal organs in the main cavities of the body, especially those in the abdomen

Cumulative

• -adj- able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection

• -adj.- (of a person) lying face upward

• -adj.- increasing or increased in quantity, degree, or force by successive additions

• -adj.- (of a disease or poison) extremely severe or harmful in its effects

Somnambulism

• -n- a person who possesses great power, as a sovereign, monarch, or ruler

• -n- sleepwalking

• -n- a person under the patronage, protection, or care of someone interested in his or her career or welfare

• -n- division or disunion, especially into mutually opposed parties

Supine

• -adj- (of a person) lying face upward

• -adj- bitter and abusive

• -adj- bewildered or perplexed

• -adj- (typically of children) irritable and quarrelsome

Tenable

• -adj.- not pleasant (often in taste)

• -adj- filled or well-supplied with something

• -adj- show (someone) to be involved in a crime

• -adj- able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.

Virulent

• -adj- used as an intensifier, often to qualify a metaphor

• -adj- distasteful, objectionable, or offensive

• -adj- (of a disease or poison) extremely severe or harmful in its effects

• -adj- viewing and interpreting everything in terms of human experience and values

Vituperative

• -adj- wishing evil or harm on others; showing ill will; malicious

• -adj- commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginitive

• -adj- increasing or increased in quantity, degree, or force by successive additions

• -adj- bitter and abusive

Flummoxed

• -adj- bewildered or perplexed

• - adj- (of a person) lying face upward

• -adj- able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection

• -adj- not pleasant (often in taste)

Fractious

• -adj- wishing evil or harm on others; showing ill will; malicious

• -adj- (of a person) lying face upward

• -adj- (typically of children) irritable and quarrelsome

• -adj- used as an intensifier, often to qualify a metaphor

Histrionics

• -n- a destructive fire, usually an extensive one

• -n- exaggerated dramatic behavior designed to attract attention

• -n- a state of standing out to be easily seen; particular noticeability

• -n- the internal organs in the main cavities of the body, especially those in the abdomen