Week # 10 ACT Vocabulary

What does the word, "Secrete" mean?

• to see the difference

• relating to the sense of smell

• to produce and give off

• lacking good manners; rude

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

What does the word, "attest" mean?

• to criticize in a negative manner

• to declare or be evidence of something true

• to make up, prepare or invent

• to break up and spread out thinly

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What does the word, "volatile" mean?

• something that grows out of or results from an earlier condition

• not generally known or understood; familiar to only a small number of people

• too great a number; an excess

• evaporating quickly

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What does the word, "churlish" mean?

• lacking good manners; rude; impolite

• evaporating quickly

• to criticize in a negative manner

• to make like new; renovate

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What does the word, "plethora" mean?

• to declare or be evidence of something

• too great a number; an excess

• departure from the normal, expected course

• evaporating quickly

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What does the word, "concoct" mean?

• to make up, prepare, or invent

• too great a number; an excess

• a statement or principal that requires no proof

• to criticize in a negative manner

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What vocabulary word best fits into this sentence? Because my brother has straws in his nose, his __________ sense is not picking up the odors coming from the kitchen.

• axiom

• derivative

• olfactory

• secrete

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

What vocabulary word best fits into this sentence? Eric made a/an __________ joke that only he and his brothers understood.

• disparage

• esoteric

• axiom

• attest

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

What vocabulary word best fits into this sentence? Many people believe the __________ that "people cannot change," and thus have little faith in humanity.

• churlish

• axiom

• esoteric

• vagary

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

What vocabulary word best fits into this sentence? Tofu is one of many soybean __________.

• axioms

• concoctions

• secretes

• derivatives

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E