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ACT Weekly Vocab W/o 11/18/25

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Calm, peaceful, untroubled:

a)

yonder

b)

wry

c)

serene

d)

yield

2.

able to be defended or maintained:

a)

tenable

b)

harangue

c)

foppish

d)

meander

3.

lengthy and aggressive speech:

a)

complacent

b)

frivolous

c)

malinger

d)

harangue

4.

Complicated; intricate:

a)

complacent

b)

labyrithine

c)

equivocate

d)

divergent

5.

Deserving praise and commendation:

a)

writhe

b)

surreptitious

c)

effrontery

d)

laudable

6.

Overly concerned with one's appearance and dress:

a)

foppish

b)

alleviate

c)

serendipity

d)

yield

7.

Follow a winding or indirect course:

a)

tenable

b)

wry

c)

yield

d)

meander

8.

Avoiding the company of other people:

a)

wry

b)

reclusive

c)

prodigious

d)

harangue

9.

At some distance in the direction indicated:

a)

yonder

b)

alleviate

c)

meander

d)

yield

10.

Making fortunate discoveries by accident:

a)

serene

b)

facetious

c)

serendipity

d)

alleviate

11.

Making continual twists, squirms or contortions of the body:

a)

writhe

b)

yearn

c)

frivolous

d)

facetious

12.

Done or made in a secretive or sneaky way:

a)

labyrinthine

b)

complacent

c)

tenable

d)

surreptitious

13.

To exxagerate illness in order to escape duty or work:

a)

malinger

b)

yearn

c)

complacent

d)

divergent

14.

not having serious purpose or value; carefree:

a)

laudable

b)

yearn

c)

frivolous

d)

effrontery

15.

To make suffering less severe:

a)

Reclusive

b)

Foppish

c)

harangue

d)

alleviate

16.

Dry humor:

a)

serene

b)

prodigious

c)

yearn

d)

wry

17.

Shameless; Bold:

a)

complacent

b)

effrontery

c)

equivocate

d)

surreptitious

18.

Tending to be different or develop different directions:

a)

equivocate

b)

facetious

c)

incandescent

d)

divergent

19.

What skill teaches you to look over a passage quickly by especially reading the 1st and last paragraph initally?

a)

scanning

b)

skimming

c)

analyzing

d)

skipping

20.

Which pacing skill is the MOST important?

a)

skimming

b)

scanning

c)

competition against peers

d)

analyze