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Week # 10 ACT Vocabulary

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the word, "Secrete" mean?

a)

to see the difference

b)

relating to the sense of smell

c)

to produce and give off

d)

lacking good manners; rude

2.

What does the word, "attest" mean?

a)

to criticize in a negative manner

b)

to declare or be evidence of something true

c)

to make up, prepare or invent

d)

to break up and spread out thinly

3.

What does the word, "volatile" mean?

a)

something that grows out of or results from an earlier condition

b)

not generally known or understood; familiar to only a small number of people

c)

too great a number; an excess

d)

evaporating quickly

4.

What does the word, "churlish" mean?

a)

lacking good manners; rude; impolite

b)

evaporating quickly

c)

to criticize in a negative manner

d)

to make like new; renovate

5.

What does the word, "plethora" mean?

a)

to declare or be evidence of something

b)

too great a number; an excess

c)

departure from the normal, expected course

d)

evaporating quickly

6.

What does the word, "concoct" mean?

a)

to make up, prepare, or invent

b)

too great a number; an excess

c)

a statement or principal that requires no proof

d)

to criticize in a negative manner

7.

What vocabulary word best fits into this sentence? Because my brother has straws in his nose, his __________ sense is not picking up the odors coming from the kitchen.

a)

axiom

b)

derivative

c)

olfactory

d)

secrete

8.

What vocabulary word best fits into this sentence? Eric made a/an __________ joke that only he and his brothers understood.

a)

disparage

b)

esoteric

c)

axiom

d)

attest

9.

What vocabulary word best fits into this sentence? Many people believe the __________ that "people cannot change," and thus have little faith in humanity.

a)

churlish

b)

axiom

c)

esoteric

d)

vagary

10.

What vocabulary word best fits into this sentence? Tofu is one of many soybean __________.

a)

axioms

b)

concoctions

c)

secretes

d)

derivatives

11.

What does the word, "vagary" mean?

a)

a departure from the normal, expected course

b)

to declare to be evidence of something as true

c)

a statement or principle that requires no proof

d)

something that grows out of or results from an earlier form

12.

What vocabulary word best fits into this sentence? He tossed it in the air, and it __________ into sparkles that floated upward.

a)

disparged

b)

refurbished

c)

concocted

d)

dissipated

13.

What vocabulary word best fits into this sentence? We are also helping to ___________ homes and are stocking a food pantry for 30 widows and their children.

a)

disparage

b)

refurbish

c)

attest

d)

concoct

14.

What vocabulary word best fits into this sentence? It is hardly possible to __________ between imported and indigenous plants.

a)

volatile

b)

vagary

c)

differentiate

d)

esoteric

15.

What does the word, "disparage" mean?

a)

to criticize in a negative, disrespectful manner

b)

relating to the sense of smell

c)

evaporating quicklu

d)

to see the difference; to distinguish