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ACT Vocabulary Words: February

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of 'cumbersome'?

a)

stick fast to (a surface or substance).

b)

cause someone to become hostile

c)

large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use; unwieldy.

d)

Remainder

2.

What does 'efficient' mean?

a)

large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use; unwieldy.

b)

(especially of a system or machine) achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense.

c)

a tentative theory about the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena

d)

extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world

3.

What is the definition of 'residual'?

a)

Remainder

b)

(of a process or system) characterized by constant change, activity, or progress.

c)

draw from specific cases for more general cases

d)

lacking in movement, action, or change

4.

What does it mean to 'antagonize' someone?

a)

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

b)

used to emphasize how small or insignificant someone or something is

c)

large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use; unwieldy.

d)

cause someone to become hostile

5.

How would you define 'prolong'?

a)

lengthen or extend in duration or space

b)

reduce the speed of; lose velocity; move more slowly

c)

show or represent

d)

Parad

6.

What is a 'hypothesis'?

a)

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

b)

lasting for a very short time

c)

used to emphasize how small or insignificant someone or something is

d)

a tentative theory about the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena

7.

What does it mean to 'generalize'?

a)

used to emphasize how small or insignificant someone or something is

b)

(especially of a system or machine) achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense.

c)

believe in and follow the practices of.

d)

draw from specific cases for more general cases

8.

How would you describe 'decelerate'?

a)

reduce the speed of; lose velocity; move more slowly

b)

lengthen or extend in duration or space

c)

(of a process or system) characterized by constant change, activity, or progress.

d)

large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use; unwieldy.

9.

What is 'compassion'?

a)

cause someone to become hostile

b)

show or represent

c)

extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world

d)

concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others

10.

How would you define 'depict'?

a)

lacking in movement, action, or change

b)

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

c)

have a close similarity; match or agree almost exactly

d)

show or represent

11.

What does 'ethereal' mean?

a)

(of a person) positive in attitude and full of energy and new ideas.

b)

believe in and follow the practices of.

c)

extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world

d)

an idea that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory

12.

How would you describe something as 'mere'?

a)

lacking in movement, action, or change

b)

used to emphasize how small or insignificant someone or something is

c)

a tentative theory about the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena

d)

stick fast to (a surface or substance).

13.

What does it mean for something to be 'static'?

a)

draw from specific cases for more general cases

b)

Remainder

c)

the distance between things; a definite length of time marked off by two instants

d)

lacking in movement, action, or change

14.

What does it mean to 'correspond'?

a)

draw from specific cases for more general cases

b)

stick fast to (a surface or substance).

c)

have a close similarity; match or agree almost exactly

d)

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

15.

What is an 'interval'?

a)

extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world

b)

a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena

c)

(of a process or system) characterized by constant change, activity, or progress.

d)

the distance between things; a definite length of time marked off by two instants

16.

What is a 'paradox'?

a)

an idea that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory

b)

stick fast to (a surface or substance).

c)

(especially of a system or machine) achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense.

d)

lengthen or extend in duration or space

17.

How would you describe something as 'fleeting'?

a)

used to emphasize how small or insignificant someone or something is

b)

(especially of a system or machine) achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense.

c)

believe in and follow the practices of.

d)

lasting for a very short time

18.

What does it mean to 'compensate'?

a)

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

b)

lengthen or extend in duration or space

c)

large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use; unwieldy.

d)

show or represent

19.

How would you describe a 'dynamic' person?

a)

someone that is positive in attitude and full of energy and new ideas

b)

someone that cause someone to become hostile

c)

someone that achieves maximum productivity.

d)

someone that is firm in their beliefs.

20.

What does 'adhere' mean?

a)

stick fast to (a surface or substance)

b)

Remainder

c)

show or represent

d)

lacking in movement, action, or change