ACT Vocab 2

Burgeoning (adjective)

Growing quickly; flourishing

Syn: Growing

Ant: Shrinking

Bolster (verb)

To support, strengthen, or fortify

Syn: Support

Ant: Weaken

Bypass (verb)

To avoid

Syn: Avoid

Ant: Face

Candid (adjective)

Direct, blunt

Syn: Honest

Ant: Dishonest

Candor (noun)

The trait of being honest and frank

Syn: Openness

Ant: Lying

Capitalize (verb)

To use to your advantage

Syn: Take advantage of

Ant: Waste

Catalyst (noun)

Something that causes a change or new event

Syn: Spark

Ant: Block

Ceaseless (adjective)

Unending, without pause

Syn: Endless

Ant: Occasional

Censure (verb)

To express strong disapproval

Syn: Criticize

Ant: Praise

Clarify (verb)

To make clear or intelligible

Syn: Explain

Ant: Confuse

Coincide (verb)

To happen at the same time

Syn: Match

Ant: Separate

Competent (adjective)

Sufficiently qualified

Syn: Skilled

Ant: Unskilled

Complacent (adjective)

Satisfied, with no desire to change or improve

Syn: Satisfied

Ant: Unsatisfied

Complement (verb)

To make perfect or complete

Syn: Complete

Ant: Ruin

Conceal (verb)

To hide

Syn: Hide

Ant: Show

Concur (verb)

To agree

Syn: Agree

Ant: Disagree

Condense (verb)

To reduce to a shorter form; to make more compact

Syn: Shorten

Ant: Expand

Confine (verb)

To limit or restrict; to enclose within bounds

Syn: Limit

Ant: Free

Confluence (noun)

A coming together of people or things; a joining

Syn: Join

Ant: Split

Consecutively (adverb)

One after another in uninterrupted succession

Syn: In order

Ant: Out of order