ACT Vocabulary #5

Which of the following words best completes the sentence?

The emails sent to the journalist _____ the company's corruption.

• Biased

• Exposed

• Nuanced

• Radicalized

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which of the following words best completes the sentence?

Mr. Johnson is a _____writer and has published one novel a year for decades.

• Translucent

• Resolute

• Prohibit

• Prolific

Which of the following words best completes the sentence?

We haven’t made any official arrangements yet, but the _____ location for our wedding is Hawaii.

• Lucrative

• Functional

• Tentative

• Precise

Which of the following words best completes the sentence?

Gaia wrote she was _____ in coding even though she'd flunked Computers 101 in college.

• Proficient

• Nuanced

• Resolute

• Restrospect

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Which of the following words best completes the sentence?

Writing books isn’t a particularly _____ career, unless you’re J.K. Rowling.

• Precise

• Radical

• Bias

• Lucrative

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which of the following words best completes the sentence?

In _____ , Jordan realized he was the reason most of his relationships had ended.

• Tentative

• Retrospect

• Translucent

• Predate

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which of the following words best completes the sentence?

The Pyramids of Giza _____ Cleopatra by some 2,500 years!

• Prohibit

• Predate

• Prolific

• Expose

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which of the following words best completes the sentence?

Because she hated rock music, my strict aunt _____ me from attending the concert.

• Exposed

• Proficient

• Resolute

• Prohibited

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which of the following words best completes the sentence?

For baking, more than cooking, you need to be _____ with your measurements if you want your recipes to turn out well.

• Precise

• Prolific

• Tentative

• Radical

Which of the following words best completes the sentence?

I begged Mrs. Jacobi to raise my biology grade, but she was _____ that I'd gotten the grade I deserved.

• Bias

• Lucrative

• Resolute

• Functional

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4