Vocabulary #9 ACT, SAT, CLT F.A.S.T.

DEFINITION OF EXORBITANCE?

• DIFFICULT, OR UNWELCOMED SITUATION TO A SEVERE OR INTENSE DEGREE

• A SMALL SUBTLE DIFFERENCE

• LACKING INTEREST OR EXCITEMENT, DULL AND ORDINARY

• EXCESSIVE OR GROSS DEVIATION FROM THE RULE, EXCESSIVE, EXTRAVAGANT OR EXTREME

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

DEFINITION OF COERCE?

• OPEN TO MORE THAN ONE INTERPRETATION; HAVING A DOUBLE MEANING

• PERSUADE AN UNWILLING PERSON TO DO SOMETHING BY USING FORCE OR THREATS

• A DISEASE OR CONDITION MAKING SOMEONE FEEL WEAK

• HAVING OR SHOWING A SKILL IN ACHIEVING ONES END BY DECEIT OR BEING SNEAKY

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

DEFINITION OF IMPETUS?

• OVERUSED, LACKING ORIGIONALITY OR FRESHNESS

• A BEHAVIOR SHOWING HIGH MORAL STANDARDS

• THE DRIVING FORCE OR ENERGY WITH WHICH A BODY MOVES, TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN QUICKLY

• SOMEONE WHO APPRECIATES GOOD FOOD AND DRINK

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

COMPLETE THE SENTENCE: THE ___________ OUTSIDE IS SUNNY AND WARM.

• WHETHER

• WEATHER

• WINNER

• TREES

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.K.4A

DEFINITION OF CONSEQUENCE?

• TO BE VERY FORWARD, LOUD OR CONSPICUOUS

• DEEPLY UPSET AND AGITATED

• TO PLACE DIFFERENT THINGS SIDE BY SIDE

• SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS AS A RESULT OR EFFECT OF AN ACTION OR CONDITION

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

DEFINITION OF INDECIPHERABLE?

• NOT ABLE TO BE READ OR UNDERSTOOD AND COMPREHEND

• TO BE VERY FORWARD, LOUD OR CONSPICUOUS

• SPREAD OUT AND APART, ESPECIALLY LIMBS OR FINGERS

• DIFFICULT, OR UNWELCOMED SITUATION TO A SEVERE OR INTENSE DEGREE

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

DEFINITION OF HEREDITARY?

• LOWER IN RANK, STATUS OR QUALITY; OF LITTLE OR LESS IMPORTANCE, VALUE.

• GENETICALLY TRANSMITTED OR PASSED ON (OR INHERITED) FROM PARENT OR OFFSPRING

• REPEATING THE SAME PHRASE OR STORY OVER AND OVER

• TO STEP BACK AND EVALUATE THE SURROUNDINGS AND ENVIRONMENT

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

DEFINITION OF RITUAL?

• SHOWING DISGUST OR ANGER, A DISLIKE FOR SOMETHING OR SOMEONE

• THE CAPACITY TO RECOVER QUICKLY FROM DIFFICULTIES; TOUGHNESS

• PERFORMING A CEREMONY, OR A SERIES OF ACTIONS OR TYPE OF BEHAVIOR REGULARLY FOLLOWED BY SOMEONE

• SUCCEED IN PERSUADING OR INFLUENCING SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

DEFINITION OF PREDECESSOR?

• DIFFICULT, OR UNWELCOMED SITUATION TO A SEVERE OR INTENSE DEGREE

• LACKING INTEREST OR EXCITEMENT, DULL AND ORDINARY

• THE USE OF HUMOR, AND SARCASIM AN EXAGGERATION OR TO RIDICULE AND CRITICIZE

• A PERSON WHO HELD A JOB OR OFFICE BEFORE THE CURRENT HOLDER

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

FOR A REGULAR ACT TEST READING SECTION ON THE WEEKEND THERE ARE 35 QUESTIONS IN 40MINUTES?

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6