Vocabulary for ACT

compose

• be in conflict with
• disapproving comments
• write or create
• show or represent

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

condescending

• cause a severe loss
• having or showing a feeling of superiority
• large or heavy
• leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

consecutive

• following continuously
  
• decrease in size
• identify differences
• spread out over a large area

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

contour

• free form or entirely lacking
• cause a severe loss in the dignity of
• make-up, write or create
• an outline, especially one representing the shape or form of something

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

contract

• have a mutual relationship
• decrease in size
• be in conflict with
• a direct or natural consequence or result

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

contradict

• begin to grow or increase
• the amount by which something is too small
• spread out over a large area
• be in conflict with

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

correlate

• leave the main subject temporarily
• a lack of compatibility
• have a mutual relationship or connection
• a loss of significance

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

corollary

• having the potential to become disasterous
• a direct or natural consequence or result
• logical and consistent
• show or represent

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

critical

• about to happen
• slow or complicated and therefore inefficient
• not concentrated
• expressing or involving an analysis

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

cumbersome

• lasting for a short time
• slow or complicated and therefore inefficient
• characterized by constant change
• severe suffering or deprivation

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F