3 ACT Vocab

An attitude that is aggressive and warlike is:

• placid
• belligerent
• cursory
• amicable

Which of the following words could be used to describe a skillful guitar player?

• adroit
• duplicity
• extol
• averse

If you see someone grimace, you observe:

• a smile
• tears
• a pained expression
• trembling

Someone who is averse to broccoli:

• is an expert on it
• enjoys eating it
• has never heard of it
• has a distaste for it

Some parents have resorted to duplicity to get their picky children to eat their vegetables, sneaking them into their children’s food by disguising them as something else. The word duplicity is used in this sentence to:

• indicate that parents feel hopeless
• show that parents sometimes do sneaky things for the benefit of their children
• imply that parents should stop worrying
• criticize parents for acting dishonestly

On the morning of the picnic, the sky was gray and overcast, but the sudden, ______ appearance of the sun was a welcome sight that afternoon.

• benevolent
• extol
• tepid
• averse

Do you think you are being fair in passing judgment on my poem after such a _____ reading?

• benevolent
• averse
• cursory
• grimace

Some civil engineers believe that someday it may be _____ to derive a large part of our energy directly from the sun.

• impervious
• amicable
• averse
• feasible

It is great to _____ other people’s achievements, but it is no substitute for doing something remarkable of your own.

• cursory
• feasible
• extol
• amicable

Which of the following words is the opposite of amicable?

• complicated
• hostile
• friendly
• modern