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ACT Vocabulary-Week 6

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The company was created by two very _________ young men in the early 1900s.

a)

assertive

b)

anxious

c)

uneasy

d)

ambitious

e)

insistent

2.

Your plans for the future are very ________.

a)

assertive

b)

anxious

c)

uneasy

d)

ambitious

e)

insistent

3.
"having the necessary ability, knowledge, or skill to do something successfully" is the definition for 
a)
competent
b)
devious
c)
devoid
d)
dilapidated
4.

Being able to do something well.

a)

competent

b)

contrast

c)

incentive

d)

indecisive

e)

indifferent

5.
Choose the correct vocabulary word that matches the following definition: a struggling together in opposition; strife
a)
contention
b)
volition
c)
taut
d)
reticent
6.

To compete; a competition or TOURNAMENT

a)

Converge

b)

Recede

c)

Contention

d)

Schism

7.

Derive means

a)

signify

b)

come from

c)

important

d)

exact

8.
The river ______ its name from a Native American tribe.
a)
Derived
b)
Abrogate
c)
Adapt
d)
Wince
9.

Which word means to "wear or wash away very slowly"?

a)

particles

b)

repititon

c)

erode

d)

visible

10.

The hurricane _____________ the shoreline so severely that sand had to be shipped in.

a)

eluded

b)

reposed

c)

eroded

d)

scrutinized

11.
very large, huge
a)
immense
b)
goad
c)
grudgingly
d)
adz
12.

Choose the correctly spelled word.

a)

entricate

b)

entecate

c)

intrecate

d)

intricate

13.

The ________ pattern on my para cord bracelet was very detailed. One mistake in the complicated pattern would have caused it to unravel.

a)

grotesque

b)

elude

c)

intricate

d)

ennui