ACT/SAT High Frequency Vocab List 2

The lawyer’s confident​ (a)   that her client was innocent convinced the jury to reconsider the evidence more carefully.

• Assertion
• Ambivalent
• Allude
• Analogy
• Advocate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Jamal felt ​ (a)   about moving away for college; while he was excited for independence, he also dreaded leaving his close-knit family behind.

• Ambivalent
• Allude
• Analogy
• Advocate
• Assertion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The teacher used an ​ (a)   comparing the nervous system to a busy highway to help students better understand how signals travel through the body.

• Allude
• Analogy
• Advocate
• Assertion
• Ambivalent

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

During the school board meeting, Maria chose to ​ (a)   for longer library hours, and her passionate speech earned her the reputation of being a strong student support.

• Allude
• Advocate
• Assertion
• Ambivalent
• Analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

When the coach told the team they’d need “a miracle on ice” to win, he was clearly ​ (a)   to the famous Olympic upset, a cultural reference many players recognized.

• Assertion
• Ambivalent
• Analogy
• Alluding
• Advocate

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

While the professor’s research paper was highly technical, his everyday speech was full of ​ (a)   expressions like “gonna” and “y’all.”

• colloquial
• concise
• delineation
• digress
• exemplify

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Because the directions were so ​ (a)   , the students knew exactly what to do without asking any questions.

• concise
• delineation
• digress
• exemplify
• colloquial

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Rosa Parks’ quiet act of resistance continues to ​ (a)   the power of ordinary people to spark extraordinary change.​

• delineation
• digress
• exemplify
• colloquial
• concise

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The architect’s blueprint offered a clear ​ (a)   of the building’s structure, showing every room and measurement in detail.

• delineation
• digress
• colloquial
• concise
• exemplify

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Halfway through her lecture on climate change, Dr. Lee began to ​ (a)   by sharing a personal story about her trip to Alaska.

• digress
• colloquial
• concise
• exemplify
• delineation

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D