Spring 2025 ACT Vocabulary Review

Bell bottom jeans, psychedelic art, British rock, and counterculture movements all reflect the ________________________ of the 1960s.

• Dissolution

• Zeitgeist

• Pragmatism

• Obfuscation

Dilemma: The Group Project Predicament

You're in a group of four for a big school project that counts for a huge part of your grade. The deadline is in two days, and so far, only you and one other person have done any real work. The other two have been dodging texts and showing up late to meetings.

Now, the group chat is blowing up. One of the slackers finally messaged, saying, "Hey, sorry, we’ll handle the slides and conclusion tonight!" But you're not sure you trust them to actually follow through — and your grade is on the line. What is the most PRAGMATIC choice to make?

• Trust them to pull their weight now and wait until tomorrow to check in. It’s fair to give them one last chance.

• Take charge and finish the slides and conclusion yourself tonight. At least you’ll know it gets done, even if it’s unfair.

• Message the teacher now and explain the situation, asking if you can be graded separately.

• Tell your other reliable teammate that you should just let it crash and burn — if the slackers want to fail, let them.

Match the following 4 types of angles:

• Right Angle

• 
• Straight Angle

• 
• Acute Angle

• 
• Obtuse Angle

• 

Jade zoomed around the art room like a whirlwind, full of (a)   , but every brushstroke she made was weirdly (b)   . Her paintings looked random at first, but they were meant to (c)   what she was really feeling. Only her best friend knew that behind all the bright colors was stuff Jade didn’t want to talk about.

• kinetic energy
• meticulous
• obfuscate

Place the following ACT vocab terms in their proper parts of speech column:

Groups:

(a) Verbs

,

(b) Nouns

,

(c) Adjectives

• Dissolution

• Pragmatic

• Meticulous

• Zeitgeist

• Obfuscate

• Sycophant

• Acute

• Immersive

• Kinetic

• Substantiate

• Prolific

• Disavow

In writing his persuasive essay, Jake made a claim that he needed to _________________with evidence.

The DISSOLUTION of the Soviet Union occurred on December 31, 1991. The former superpower was replaced by 15 independent countries. Select 4 of the correct new nations from this list:​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​ (d)  

• Belarus
• Ukraine
• Kazakhstan
• Poland
• Romania
• Yugoslavia
• Georgia

Which of the following are synonyms for a SYCOPHANT?

• bootlicker

• suck-up

• false flatterer

• brown-noser

A(n) _____________actor, Tom Hanks has appeared in many films, including Forrest Gump, Big, The Polar Express, Cast Away, and The Green Mile.

• Immersive

• Pragmatic

• Prolific

• Capricious

Situation: Your phone battery is dying while you're out and need to navigate home. Which of the following is the more CAPRICIOUS solution?

• Find the nearest café or store with a charging station or borrow a charger from someone nearby.

• • Buy a random, flashy new phone from a street vendor and hope it works well enough to get you home.