ACT Vocab 2

Bolster NOUN

To support, strengthen, or fortify

Synonym- reinforce

Antonym- undermine

Burgeoning ADJ

Growing quickly; flourishing

Synonym- swell

Antonym- shrink

Bypass NOUN

To avoid

Synonym- detour

Antonym- join

Candid ADJ

Direct, blunt

Synonym- frank

Antonym- secretive

Candor NOUN

The trait of being honest and frank

Synonym- honesty

Antonym- dishonesty

Capitalize VERB

To use to your advantage

Synonym- exploit

Antonym- defund

Catalyst NOUN

Something that causes a change or new event

Synonym- motivation

Antonym- discouragement

Ceaseless ADJ

Unending, without pause

Synonym- continual

Antonym- stopping

Censure NOUN

To express strong disapproval

Synonym- criticize

Antonym- praise

Clarify VERB

To make clear or intelligible

Synonym- define

Antonym- unclear

Coincide VERB

To happen at the same time

Synonym- coexist

Antonym- diverge

Competent ADJ

Sufficiently qualified

Synonym- adequate

Antonym- unqualified

Complacent ADJ

Satisfied, with no desire to change or improve

Synonym- smug

Antonym- dissatisfied

Complement NOUN

To make perfect or complete

Synonym- accompany

Antonym- unfinished

Conceal VERB

To hide

Synonym- cover

Antonym-uncover

Concur VERB

To agree

Synonym- accord

Antonym- disagree

Condense VERB

To reduce to a shorter form; to make more compact

Synonym- compress

Antonym- enlarge

Confine VERB

To limit or restrict; to enclose within bounds

Synonym- enclose

Antonym- open

Confluence NOUN

A coming together of people or things; a joining

Synonym- meeting

Antonym- depart

Consecutively ADV

One after another in uninterrupted succession

Synonym- repeatedly

Antonym- occasionally