8 ACT Vocab

To move about stealthily is to:

• sprint
• skulk
• muse
• parade

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

If a character in a fairy tale is wise and all-knowing, he or she is:

• ambidextrous
• nonchalant
• scrupulous
• omniscient

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Is it true that some dogs have a(n) ____ sense of the approach of death?

• uncanny
• venial
• scrupulous
• omniscient

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Another word for meticulous is:

• panacea
• venial
• scrupulous
• uncanny

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.6

Which of the following words is the opposite of unpardonable?

• venial
• nonchalant
• skulk
• supercilious

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

When I splattered paint on my art teacher, I tried to appear ______ but succeeded only in looking horrified.

• invulnerable
• nonchalant
• skulk
• venial

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

There are so many different factors involved in an energy crisis that no single measure can be expected to serve as a(n) ______.

• venial
• crupulous
• uncanny
• panacea

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

Someone who feels superior and treats others with contempt can be described as:

• venial
• nonchalant
• supercilious
• panacea

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Which of the following would you use to describe a wicked and spiteful person?

• malevolent
• venial
• skulk
• scrupulous

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Which of the following could be used to replace invulnerable in this sentence? "Even a massive stone building or monument is not invulnerable to the forces of nature."

• opposed
• dedicated
• immune
• exposed

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.4