11th and 12th grade ACT Vocabulary

Arbitrator

• Arbitrator means one Mediator

• Arbitrator means a Referee

• Arbitrator means one that is given power to decide a dispute

• Arbitrator means to Judge

Arboreal

• Water-dwelling
• Relating to, or resembling a tree

• Tree-dwelling
• Airborne

Caustic

• Caustic refers to a pleasant smell.
• A caustic substance is safe to handle.
• Caustic means capable of destroying by chemical action

• A caustic substance is one that can burn or corrode.

Cavil

• Caval
• Cavilin is objective

• Cavill means to raise

• Cavil means to raise trivial objection

Deplete

• To increase the supply of something.
• To maintain the current level of something.
• To lessen in quantity, content, power or value

• To reduce or exhaust the supply of something.

Deplore

• To show enthusiasm and support.
• To express strong disapproval or regret.
• To feel or express grief for

• To celebrate a positive event.

Ensconce

• Shelter, conceal; establish or settle

• to settle securely or snugly
• to move around freely
• to hide away in a corner

Garner

• To acquire by effort

• To ignore or overlook.
• To gather or collect.
• To disperse or scatter.

Genre

• Style of language

• Genre is a writing style

• Genre means kind, or sort

• Type

Infer

• To deduce or conclude information from evidence.
• To derive as a conclusion from facts or premises

• To ignore evidence completely.
• To guess without any basis.