ACT English Word Choice

compose

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

condescending

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

consecutive

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

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

contract

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

contradict

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

correlate

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

corollary

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

critical

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

cumbersome

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