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Week 10 ACT Vocabulary

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The _______________ teacher was an excellent presenter. 

a)

adept

b)

aspire

c)

languid

d)

cryptic

2.

The student ____________________ to become a college graduate. 

a)

aspired

b)

adept

c)

adjunct

d)

chided

3.

Nothing seemed to live in the __________________ milieu.

a)

aspire

b)

despicable

c)

bleak

d)

adept

4.

The teacher __________________ little Billy until the poor child cried. 

a)

chided

b)

challenger

c)

bribed

d)

praised

5.

The ___________________________ man committed a heinous crime.  

a)

elaborate

b)

despicable

c)

bleak

d)

aspire

6.

The ___________________ but powerful halfback from Syracuse was one of the lightest men ever to play professional football.

a)

diminutive

b)

emancipate

c)

erroneous

d)

exploit

7.

Sergeant Alvin York was awarded this nation’s highest honor for his many daring _____________ during World War I.

a)

aspire

b)

exploits

c)

erroneous

d)

chide

8.

How can you ___________________ to work in the space program when you haven’t even been able to pass your science and math course?

a)

despicable

b)

extemporaneous

c)

adept

d)

aspire

9.

The master silversmith was extraordinarily _________________ in the use of simple hand tools.

a)

adept

b)

despicable

c)

emancipated

d)

chide

10.

It is worse than useless to ________________ children for misbehaving without giving them an opportunity to behave better.

a)

diminutive

b)

despicable

c)

bleak

d)

chide

11.

When I asked the student why he wasn’t going to the senior prom, he answered only with a ________________ smile.

a)

bleak

b)

diminutive

c)

exploits

d)

emancipated

12.

In the _______________________ give-and-take of a televised debate, it is easy for a nervous nominee to make a slip of the tongue.

a)

despicable

b)

diminutive

c)

extemporaneous

d)

erroneous

13.

It is better to admit ignorance than to give __________ information.

a)

exploits

b)

despicable

c)

erroneous

d)

aspire

14.

There are many millions of people throughout the world still waiting to be _____________ from the bonds of grinding poverty.

a)

emancipated

b)

adept

c)

chided

d)

bleak

15.

The scratch on my eye ___________ my ability to see.

a)

impaired

b)

chided

c)

aspired

d)

exploited

16.

I don't blame you for being put off by his _________ attempt to dominate the conversation.

a)

obtrusive

b)

mire

c)

render

d)

skeptical

17.

The man thought he was ____________ until he got beat up by a little girl.

a)

invincible

b)

erroneous

c)

languid

d)

impair

18.

Shrek was perfectly content living in the ___________.

a)

obtrusive

b)

mire

c)

skeptical

d)

despicable

19.

The _________ student always slept in class and never turned in her assignments.

a)

diminutive

b)

adept

c)

languid

d)

rugged