Unit 4 ACT Vocabulary

Adamant (Adjective)

• growing, expanding, or developing rapidly

• being pleasant and at ease in talking to others

• unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion, unyielding

• not distant, nearby

Adjacent (Adjective)

•  not distant, nearby

• marked by honest sincere expression, blunt

• the quality or state of being grand, magnificence

• marked by malevolence, having or showing unfriendly feelings

Adverse (Adjective)

• not distant, nearby

• being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute

• acting against or in a contrary direction

• the quality or state of disagreeing

Affable (Adjective)

•  marked by honest sincere expression, blunt

• being pleasant and at ease in talking to others

• to show or illustrate by example

• characterized by a meticulous, sensitive, or demanding attitude

Bolster (Verb)

• to support or reinforce

• standing out so as to be readily perceived or note, prominent

• an agent that provokes or speeds significant change or action

• to show or illustrate by example

Burgeoning (Adjective)

• unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion, unyielding

• the quality or state of being grand, magnificence

• marked by malevolence, having or showing unfriendly feelings

• growing, expanding, or developing rapidly

Candid (Adjective)

• standing out so as to be readily perceived or note, prominent

•  being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute

• marked by honest sincere expression, blunt

•  the quality or state of disagreeing

Catalyst (Noun)

• being pleasant and at ease in talking to others

  Bolster (Verb) to support or reinforce

• an agent that provokes or speeds significant change or action

• not distant, nearby

• standing out so as to be readily perceived or note, prominent

Devoid (Adjective)

• being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute

• to support or reinforce

• being pleasant and at ease in talking to others

• characterized by a meticulous, sensitive, or demanding attitude

Discrepancy (Noun)

• the quality or state of being grand, magnificence

• to support or reinforce

• growing, expanding, or developing rapidly

• the quality or state of disagreeing