ACT Vocabulary Quiz 1

corollary

• natural consequence

• axiom or saying

• theorem or law

• a hypothesis

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

complement

• a short amusing story

• a nice word or praise

• something that completes or brings perfection to a larger whole

• having a double meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

assert

• verify a claim

• confirm an idea

• deny a proposition

• state a fact or belief with confidence

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

adhere

• stick or hold firmly to the practices of something

• detach or separate from an idea

• logical and consistent

• endure an ordeal

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

attribute

• to tag someone or something

• regard something as being caused by someone or something else

• indicate that something is logical and consistent

• regard something as probably the cause

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

apprehensive

• mysterious or secret

• angry and confrontational

• cool as a cucumber

• worried or anxious

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

anecdote

• an epiphany

• a true story used to demonstrate a point

• a joke that can be used as evidence

• a literary treatment of data

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

ambiguous

• funny and amusing

• explicitly stated

• particularly difficult to identify and explain

• having more than one meaning or interpretation

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

aloof

• friendly and easy to talk to

• close-minded

• cool and distant

• distracted

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

arcane

• mysterious or secret

• logical and consistent

• cool and distant

• open to interpretation

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4