11th grade ACT vocabulary part 2

Resilient

• Able to recover promptly

• To respect

• Principles

• Cheerful

Resolute

• Firm or Determined

• Flexible or adaptable
• Uncertain or ambiguous
• Determined or unwavering

Reticent

• Expressive and outgoing
• Restrained or reserved

• Loud and boisterous
• Reserved or silent

Revere

• To regard with deep respect and admiration.
• To feel indifferent or apathetic towards.
• To criticize harshly and openly.
• To ignore or dismiss completely.

Resolve

• Change the subject and avoid the issue.
• Ask someone else to deal with it.
• To make a firm decision about

• Ignore the problem and hope it resolves itself.

Revoke

• To void by recalling, reversing or withdrawing

• To ignore or overlook.
• To enhance or improve.
• To take back or withdraw.

Rudimentary

• Complex or advanced
• Involving basic facts or principles

• Optional or secondary
• Basic or fundamental

Sagacious

• Insightful and wise

• Foolish
• Wise
• Naive

Sanction

• Sanction can mean both a penalty and official approval.
• Sanction means to approve without any conditions.
• To give official authorization

• Sanction is exclusively a form of punishment.

Sanguine

• Optimistic and cheerful personality type.
• Aggressive and confrontational personality type.
• Indifferent and apathetic personality type.
• Pessimistic and withdrawn personality type.