ACT LISTS 4-9 REVIEW

The _ beauty of the sunset lasted only a few moments before fading into darkness.

• prosaic

• evanescent

• mundane

• uniform

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The critic dismissed the writer's work as _, offering nothing new to the genre.

• superfluous

• perfidious

• hackneyed

• exemplary

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Her _ complaints about the cafeteria food were beginning to annoy her classmates.

• anonymous

• florid

• rancorous

• querulous

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The historian noted that the character's use of a smartphone was _ in a story set in 1850.

• anachronistic

• spurious

• prudent

• trivial

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The student's _ work on the research project earned her the highest marks in class.

• inconsequential

• exemplary

• parched

• mundane

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The desert traveler's _ throat made it difficult to speak after hours without water.

• florid

• perfidious

• parched

• superfluous

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The _ argument had no real impact on the final decision.

• inconsequential

• haughty

• sagacious

• novice

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

His _ attitude toward beginners discouraged many from joining the club.

• uniform

• condescending

• anonymous

• prudent

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The teacher shared a(n) _ about her first year of teaching to inspire the class.

• disdain

• asylum

• anecdote

• conformist

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The politician's _ betrayal of his campaign promises angered his supporters.

• perfidious

• prosaic

• florid

• querulous

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F