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ACT Reading Vocabulary II

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Antagonize (verb)

a)

cause someone to become hostile

b)

the amount by which something is too small

c)

make up for something unwelcome or unpleasant by exerting an opposite force or effect

d)

1. large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use 2. slow or complicated and therefore inefficient*

2.

Anticipate (verb)

a)

spread out over a large area; not concentrated

b)

entirely lacking or free from

c)

characterized by constant change, activity, or progress

d)

regard as probable; expect or predict

3.

Arcane (adjective)

a)

mysterious or secret

b)

following continuously; in unbroken or logical sequence

c)

state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully

d)

a lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts

4.

Assert (verb)

a)

a thing that completes or brings to perfection a larger whole

b)

an outline, especially one representing or bounding the shape or form of something

c)

a direct or natural consequence or result

d)

state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully

5.

Compensate (verb)

a)

entirely lacking or free from

b)

make up for something unwelcome or unpleasant by exerting an opposite force or effect

c)

leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing

d)

a direct or natural consequence or result

6.

Complement (noun)

a)

be in conflict with

b)

leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing

c)

a thing that completes or brings to perfection a larger whole

d)

regard as probable; expect or predict

7.

Consecutive (adjective)

a)

regard as probable; expect or predict

b)

1. large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use 2. slow or complicated and therefore inefficient*

c)

characterized by constant change, activity, or progress

d)

following continuously; in unbroken or logical sequence

8.

Contour (noun)

a)

an outline, especially one representing or bounding the shape or form of something

b)

a direct or natural consequence or result

c)

make or become less

d)

decrease in size, number, or range

9.

Contract (verb)

a)

mysterious or secret

b)

decrease in size, number, or range

c)

an outline, especially one representing or bounding the shape or form of

d)

leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing

10.

Contradict (verb)

a)

be in conflict with

b)

decrease in size, number, or range

c)

a thing that completes or brings to perfection a larger whole

d)

1. large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use 2. slow or complicated and therefore inefficient*

11.

Corollary (noun)

a)

state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully

b)

a direct or natural consequence or result

c)

spread out over a large area; not concentrated

d)

characterized by constant change, activity, or progress

12.

Cumbersome (adjective)

a)

mysterious or secret

b)

a thing that completes or brings to perfection a larger whole

c)

1. large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use 2. slow or complicated and therefore inefficient*

d)

make up for something unwelcome or unpleasant by exerting an opposite force or effect

13.

Deficit (noun)

a)

decrease in size, number, or range

b)

regard as probable; expect or predict

c)

the amount by which something is too small

d)

mysterious or secret

14.

Devoid (adjective)

a)

following continuously; in unbroken or logical sequence

b)

mysterious or secret

c)

decrease in size, number, or range

d)

entirely lacking or free from

15.

Diffuse (adjective)

a)

spread out over a large area; not concentrated

b)

the amount by which something is too small

c)

characterized by constant change, activity, or progress

d)

following continuously; in unbroken or logical sequence

16.

Digress (verb)

a)

following continuously; in unbroken or logical sequence

b)

a thing that completes or brings to perfection a larger whole

c)

leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing

d)

a lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts

17.

Diminish (verb)

a)

leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing

b)

make or become less

c)

an outline, especially one representing or bounding the shape or form of something

d)

a thing that completes or brings to perfection a larger whole

18.

Discrepancy (noun)

a)

decrease in size, number, or range

b)

mysterious or secret

c)

regard as probable; expect or predict

d)

a lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts

19.

Dynamic (adjective)

a)

characterized by constant change, activity, or progress

b)

a loss of significance, power, or prominence in relation to another person or thing

c)

regard as probable; expect or predict

d)

1. large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use 2. slow or complicated and therefore inefficient*