ACT Vocab Set 1

Enhance

• To diminish or weaken

• To intensify or improve

• To ignore or overlook

• To complicate or confuse

Tout

• To publicly brag

• To quietly reflect

• To secretly plan

• To openly criticize

Obliterate

• To destroy completely

• To create anew

• To enhance significantly

• To observe carefully

Brawn

• Muscular Strength

• Flexibility

• Endurance

• Agility

Glutton

• Someone who consumes greedily

• A person who exercises regularly

• An individual who enjoys cooking

• A person who avoids food

Vernacular

• Formal Language

• Everyday Speech

• Technical Jargon

• Literary Language

Obscure

• Bright and clear

• Dark or unknown

• Famous and well-known

• Easily understood

Quell

• To calm or pacify

• To provoke or incite

• To ignore or dismiss

• To confuse or bewilder

Pugnacious

• Eager to fight

• Calm and peaceful

• Indifferent to conflict

• Friendly and sociable

Delineate

• To describe accurately

• To confuse or mislead

• To summarize briefly

• To analyze in detail