ACT Prep 6-10

Dismay

To feel distress

Disposition

A person’s character; an inclination or tendency

Dynamic

Characterized by constant change, activity, or progress

Eclipse

A loss of power or significance in relation to another person or thing

Engage

Occupy, attract, or involve someone’s interest; participate or involved in

Engross

Absorb all the attention or interest of

Ethereal

Extremely delicate and seems too perfect for this world

Evolve

Develop gradually

Exploit

Use a situation or person in an unfair or selfish way

Facilitate

Make an action or process easy or easier

Feign

Pretend to be affected by a feeling, state, or injury

Fleeting

Lasting for a very short time

Glaring

Extremely obvious or conspicuous

Hardship

Severe suffering or deprivation

Integrate

Combine one thing with another so that they become a whole

Lethargic

Sluggish and lack of alertness

Obsolete

No longer produced or used; out of date

Pensive

Engaged in deep and serious thought

Redundant

No longer needed or useful

Solemn

Formal and dignified; serious

Superlative

Of the highest quality or degree

Trivial

Of little value or importance

Justify

Show or prove to be right or reasonable

Omit

Leave out or exclude

Precede

Come before in time, order, or position

Relevant

Closely connected; appropriate to the matter at hand

Rudimentary

Limited to basic principles; undeveloped or basic form

Sustainable

Able to be maintained at a certain rate or level

Void

A completely empty space

Wholly

Entirely; fully

Abundant

Available in large quantities

Decelerate

Reduce the speed of

Distinguish

Recognize someone as something as different

Emit

Give off or discharge; (light, heat, or radiation)

Exert

Make a great effort at a mental or physical task

Incremental

Increasing gradually

Intact

Undamaged in any way; whole

Variable

An element or factor that is changed within an experiment