ACT List 3 (sentences and -nyms)

He is a poor sport and tries to ___ people with insults when he is losing a game.

• correlate

• assert

• antagonize

• burgeon

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which is an antonym for gigantic?

• anecdote

• trivial

• diminish

• minute

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

After being sick for days, I felt ___ when I tried to return to school.

• lethargic

• hardship

• intact

• trivial

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Ticket sales for the music festival ___ when it was announced that Beyonce would attend.

• diminished

• burgeoned

• asserted

• emerged

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

My teacher didn't believe me and was ___ when I told her I was late because there was an accident on the highway.

• incendiary

• antagonize

• intact

• skeptical

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The speaker got the crowd warmed up by telling them an ___ that made everyone laugh.

• onset

• pungent

• hardship

• anecdote

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 would be an antonym for onset?

• dawning

• beginning

• end

• opening

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

When I entered the house, the ___ smell of onions hit me and made my eyes water.

• assert

• pungent

• intact

• incendiary

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

While watching the horror movie, we all screamed when the killer ___ from the woods and approached the house.

• asserted

• burgeoned

• emerged

• correlated

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2B

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

He was a ___ student, getting nearly perfect grades on every assignment.

• assertive

• superlative

• inevitable

• intact