ACT Vocabulary #3 2025

What does 'anachronistic' mean?

• Modern

• Outdated

• Futuristic

• Timeless

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Hank's Civil War outfit is very ___________ in modern day New York.

• Anachronistic

• ardor

• demure

• credulouos

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Fill in the blank: She pursued her artistic dreams with ____, staying up late every night to perfect her paintings.

• Ardor

• Apathy

• Indifference

• Laziness

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Intense enthusiasm or passion for something

• Ardor

• Apathy

• Indifference

• Laziness

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What is the definition of 'bequeath'?

• To borrow something temporarily

• To leave something to a person through a will

• To sell something at a high price

• To destroy something completely.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Andrew Carnegie _________ most of his fortune to philanthropic endeavors.

• demured

• bequeathed

• discoursed

• palled

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What does 'credulous' mean?

• Skeptical

• Gullible

• Informed

• Suspicious

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

The __________ voters believed the exaggerated politicians of the politician.

• enmity

• credulous

• ardor

• felicity

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

What does 'demure' mean?

• Loud and boisterous

• Modest and reserved

• Aggressive and confrontational

• Careless and reckless

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

She masked her true feelings with a ______ smile.

• ardored

• demure

• pall

• jounty

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4