ACT Vocabulary Set 4

Back in the 1800s, instead of putting on full dramatic plays, wealthy young people would dress up as characters of a play and stand in a ____________ representing a scene from a play.

• gawk

• illicit

• tableau

• subversive

Some think you need to use big words to sound _______, but that is not the case. Expressing your ideas well means being clear and specific.

• illicit

• eloquent

• subversive

• flamboyant

Which word is defined as "tending to attract attention because of their confidence or stylishness"?

• illicit

• gawk

• astonish

• flamboyant

Which word is defined as "to stare openly and stupidly"?

• gawk

• astonish

• tableau

• illicit

Which word is a synonym for "forbidden" and "illegal"?

• eloquent

• flamboyant

• subversive

• illicit

Trujillo believed that anyone who didn't so much as hang his portrait in their living room was _________.

• astonish

• subversive

• illicit

• eloquent

Agh!!!!!! You ______ed me when you jumped out from behind the curtain.

• astonish

• gawk

• eloquent

• flamboyant