ACT Vocabulary Quiz

What does the word 'adulation' mean?

• Not friendly or forthcoming

• Excessive flattery

• Examine methodically

• Belonging to a period other than that being portrayed

Which word means 'not friendly or forthcoming'?

• Aloof

• Adulation

• Anachronistic

• Analyze

What is the definition of 'anachronistic'?

• Belonging to a period other than that being portrayed

• Examine methodically

• Not friendly or forthcoming

• Excessive flattery

What does it mean to 'analyze' something?

• Examine methodically

• Not friendly or forthcoming

• Excessive flattery

• Belonging to a period other than that being portrayed

What does it mean to 'antagonize' someone?

• State a fact

• Having something bad happen to someone

• Begin to grow rapidly

• Cause someone to become hostile

What does it mean to 'assert' something?

• Cause someone to become hostile

• State a fact

• Having something bad happen to someone

• Begin to grow rapidly

What does it mean for something to 'befall' someone?

• Cause someone to become hostile

• State a fact

• Having something bad happen to someone

• Begin to grow rapidly

What does it mean for something to 'burgeon'?

• Cause someone to become hostile

• Begin to grow rapidly

• State a fact

• Having something bad happen to someone

What does the word 'characteristic' mean?

• Following continuously

• A feature typical of a particular person

• Sympathetic pity for the suffering of others

• A thing that completes or brings to perfection

What is the definition of 'compassion'?

• A feature typical of a particular person

• Sympathetic pity for the suffering of others

• Following continuously

• A thing that completes or brings to perfection