ACT vocab

This is just vocab that I came across when taking practice tests and needed to review them.

culminate

reach a climax or a point of highest development

diaspora

dispersion or spread of people from their original homeland

piqued

stimulate interest or curiosity

subtle

difficult to describe or analyze; less obvious

speculative

engaged in, expressing, or based on conjecture rather than knowledge

endorse

declare one’s public approval or support of

peculiar

strange, odd; unusual

worldly

experienced and sophisticated

dismay

cause someone to feel distress; shake up or horrify

incredulity

not be able to believe something

reverence

deep respect for someone or something

scorn

the belief that something or someone is worthless

proprietary

the state or quality of conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behavior or morals

lucidly

clear to the understanding

palpable

clear/apparent

practical

concerned with doing or use of something

preside over

supervise or charge of

mundane

lacking excitement or interest; dull