ACT Easy Word Vocab List

Abundant (adjective)

Existing or available in great quantity; more than enough

Accurate (adjective)

Correct

Acquire (verb)

To get or come into possession of something

Adequate (adjective)

Sufficient; enough or satisfactory for a particular purpose

Adjacent (adjective)

Next to or adjoining something else; nearby

Adept (adjective)

Highly skilled or proficient at something

Ambitious (adjective)

Having a strong desire for success or achievement

Apparent (adjective)

Clearly visible or understood; obvious

Ascend (verb)

To go up or climb; to rise to a higher level

Bias (noun)

A preference or inclination that prevents impartial judgement; prejudice

Boast (verb)

To brag or speak with excessive pride about one’s accomplishments or possessions

Bypass (verb)

To go around or avoid something

Candid (adjective)

Honest and straightforward; frank

Censor (verb)

To remove or suppress parts of something that are considered objectionable

Chronological (adjective)

Arranged in time order (from earliest to latest)

Clarify (verb)

To make something clear or easier to understand

Coincide (verb)

To happen at the same time or in the same place; to align in time.

Compassion (noun)

Sympathy and concern for the suffering or misfortune of others

Competent (adjective)

Having the necessary ability or knowledge to do something successfully; capable

Conceal (verb)

To hide or keep something secret

Condense (verb)

To make something more compact or concentrated

Confine (verb)

To limit or restrict; to keep someone or something within bounds

Consecutively (adverb)

One after another in uninterrupted sequence

Controversial (adjective)

Giving rise to disagreement or public debate; debatable

Conventional (adjective)

Following accepted standards; traditional or usual

Convey (verb)

To communicate or make known; to transport or carry

Credible (adjective)

Believable or trustworthy

Crucial (adjective)

Extreme important

Deceive (verb)

To trick or mislead someone into believing something untrue

Deficiency (noun)

A lack or shortage of something that is needed

Depict (verb)

To represent or show something in a picture, drawing, or in words

Detrimental (adjective)

Harmful or damaging

Diminish (verb)

To make or become smaller or less; reduce

Dismantle (verb)

To take apart into pieces

Distinctive (adjective)

Having a quality that makes something noticeably different; unique

Diverse (adjective)

Showing a great deal of variety; very different or of various kinds

Dominant (adjective)

Most powerful, important or influential

Efficient (adjective)

Achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort of expense; well-organized

Elated (adjective)

Overjoyed; extremely happy

Eliminate (verb)

To remove or get rid of something

Estimate (verb)

To roughly calculate or judge the value of

Estimate (noun)

A rough calculation or educated guess

Eternal (adjective)

Lasting or existing forever; without end

Expertise (adjective)

covering a large area or scope; great in number or degree

Feasible (adjective)

Possible to do easily or conveniently

Flaw (noun)

An imperfection, defect, or weakness

Fundamental (adjective)

Forming a necessary base or core; or central importance; basic

Functional (adjective)

Designed to be practical and useful; in working order

Glaring (adjective)

Very obvious or conspicuous; also shining with a strong light

Hinderance (noun)

A thing that provides resistance, delay or obstruction; an obstable

Historic (adjective)

Famous or important in history; having great significance

Hostile (adjective)

Unfriendly; antagonistic’ angry and opposed

Hypothetical (adjective)

Supposed or imagined; based on an assumption or theory

Immense (adjective)

Extremely large or great; huge

Imminent (adjective)

About to happen; very near in time

Impartial (adjective)

Fair and not biased; treating all sides equally

Imply (verb)

To strongly suggest the truth or existence of something without stating it directly

Indifferent (adjective)

Having no particular interest or sympathy; not caring one way or the other

Innovative (adjective)

Featuring new ideas or methods; creative and original in thinking

Integrity (noun)

The quality of being honest and having strong morals principles; moral uprightness

Latter (adjective)

The second of two things mentioned; nearer to the end

Legitimate (adjective)

Lawful; in accordance with established rules

Lucid (adjective)

Expressed clearly; easy to understand; mentally sound or clear

Meticulous (adjective)

Very careful and precise about details

Modify (verb)

To change or adjust something slightly

Neglect (verb)

To fail to care for properly; to give little attention to something

Perspective (noun)

A particular way of considering something; point of view

Plausible (adjective)

Seeming reasonable or probable; believable

Potent (adjectibe)

Powerful; having a strong effect

Precise (adjective)

Exact; clearly expressed

Predate (verb)

To come before something in time

Premature (adjective)

Happening or done before the proper time

Prominent (adjective)

Easily noticeable; well known

Prohibit (verb)

To formally forbid something by law or authority

Prolong (verb)

To make something last longer; to extend the duration of

Quantitative (adjective)

Related to quantities (numbers and amounts) rather than qualities.

Radical (adjective)

Very new, different, or extreme

Reluctant (adjective)

Unwilling or hesitant to do something.

Revive (verb)

To bring back to life

Revolutionize (verb)

To change something radically or fundamentally

Sparingly (adverb)

In a restricted or limited manner; using or doing only a little of something

Static (adjective)

Not moving or changing; stationary

Subsequently (adverb)

After a particular thing has happened; afterward

Subtle (adjective)

Not obvious; delicate or fine in meaning or intent (difficult to percive)

Sufficient (adjective)

Enough; as much as needed

Surpass (verb)

To go beyond or do better than

Synonymous (adjective)

Having nearly the same meaning as another word; closely associated with

Tangible (adjective)

Perceptible by touch; something that is real or concrete

Terminate (verb)

To bring to an end; to conclude

Trivial (adjective)

Of little importance or value

Ultimate (adjective)

Last, final, or greatest

Unprecedented (adjective)

Never done or known before; without previous example

Validate (verb)

To prove or confirm that something is true or correct; to make valid

Versatile (adjective)

Able to adapt or be used in many different ways; having many talents or uses

Vital (adjective)

Absolutely necessary or essential; related to life

Yearn (verb)

To have an intense feeling of longing for something, typically something that one has lost or been separated from