1 ACT Vocab

If an expensive cooking oil has been blended with a cheaper oil, it has been:

• adulterated

• bereft

• deploy

• augmented

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

A dominant, leader-type horse would probably come across as stubborn and dour - and, therefore, would not be a good match for a beginner. In this sentence, dour is used to show that leader-type horses can seem:

• genial

• passive

• ill-humored

• frightened

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5B

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

By studying the reactions of simpler life forms, researchers have greatly _____ our knowledge of human behavior.

• adulterated

• augmented

• deployed

• disguised

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Have you heard the joke about the _____ loafer who was equally adept at not working with either hand?

• bereft

• fortitude

• guise

• ambidextrous

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CCSS.L.8.5A

Let us not forget that the early fighters for women's rights were greeted with the _____ of the unthinking mob.

• gibes

• guises

• augment

• dour

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4C

Recruits who complain of the cold should try to show a little more _______ in facing the elements.

• gibe

• fortitude

• gape

• dour

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4C

A fan whose favorite team lost in the seventh game of the World Series might feel:

• bereft

• joyful

• relieved

• ambidextrous

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Sailors who have been assigned to active duty on an aircraft carrier have been:

• adulterated

• disguised

• deployed

• dour

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CCSS.L.5.5C

There we were at the very edge of the cliff, with our front wheels about to plunge into a ________ ravine!

• ambidextrous

• bereft

• fortitude

• gaping

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CCSS.L.3.2F

Do you expect me to listen to a lot of tired old ideas dressed up in the ______ of brilliant new insights?

• augment

• guise

• gibe

• adulterate

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E