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ACT Vocabulary List #3 There’s a Science to this Vocabulary
Week 1Mon. 09/29 Amalgam Mixture of different elements; alloy Tue. 09/30 Corrosion Destruction by chemical action Wed. 10/01 Dichotomy Split; divided in two parts (often contradictory) Thur. 10/02 Dispersion Breaking up or scattering in various directions Fri. 10/03 Dregs Sediment; worthless residue ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Week 2Mon. 10/06 Effervescence Bubbling fermentation/carbonation; exuberance
Tue. 10/07 Ferment Breaking complex compounds into simpler ones; (noun) civil unrest; agitation; commotion Wed. 10/08 Hermetic Sealed by fusion so as to be airtight Thur. 10/09 Impermeable Impervious; not permitting passage through Fri. 10/10 Innate Inborn; possessed as an essential characteristic ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Week 3Mon. 10/13 Malleable Capable of being shaped, formed; impressionable Tue. 10/14 Permutation Transformation; rearrangement of elements Wed. 10/15 Phenomena Observable facts, events; perceptible by senses Thur. 10/16 Sinuous Winding; bending in and out; not morally honest Fri. 10/17 Static Unchanging; stationary; having no motion ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M-F 10/20-24 Fall Break!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Week 4Mon. 10/27 Synthesis Combining parts into a whole Tue. 10/28 Theoretical Based on theory; not practical or applied Wed. 10/29 Volatile Changeable; explosive; evaporating rapidly ACT Vocabulary List #4 Mind Your Own Business Vocabulary Week 1Thur. 10/30 Apprenticeship Time spent as novice learning from a skilled worker Fri. 10/31 Consolidation Unification; process of becoming firmer or stronger ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Week 2Mon. 11/03 Depreciate To lessen in value Tue. 11/04 In-Service Election Day! Wed. 11/05 Enterprising Ready to undertake ambitious projects Thur. 11/06 Expedite To hasten the process of Fri. 11/07 Forfeit To lose or surrender ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Week 3Mon. 11/10 Franchise Business licensed to sell a product in a territory Tue. 11/11 Impecunious Without money Wed. 11/12 Industrious Diligent, hard-working, productive Thur. 11/13 Insolvent Bankrupt, lacking money to pay Fri. 11/14 Jargon Language used by a particular group or business ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Week 4Mon. 11/17 Lucrative Highly profitable Tue. 11/18 Mercenary Interested in money or gain Wed. 11/19 Patronize Support; act superior toward; be a customer of Thur. 11/20 Philanthropy The love of mankind; good deeds (often financial) Fri. 11/21 Prosperity Good fortune; financial success; physical well-being ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Week 5Mon. 11/24 Prototype Original work used as a model by others Tue. 11/25 Purveyor Furnisher of foodstuffs; caterer Wed. 11/26 Subsidiary Supplementary; subordinate; secondary Thur. 11/27 Fri. 11/28 Leftovers! ACT Vocabulary List #5 Are these words Politically correct?
Week 1Mon. 12/01 Advocate (V.) Urge; plead for – (N.) One who argues for Tue. 12/02 Altruistic Unselfishly generous; concerned for others Wed. 12/03 Anarchy Absence of a governing body; state of disorder Thur. 12/04 Bureaucracy Government administered by bureaus, staffed by unelected officials Fri. 12/05 Charisma The power to win the devotion of many people ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Week 2Mon. 12/08 Constituency The residents of a district represented by an elected official Tue. 12/09 Debacle A sudden, disastrous collapse, downfall, or defeat Wed. 12/10 Endorse Approve, support Thur. 12/11 Incumbent Current office holder Fri. 12/12 Partisan One-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Week 3Mon. 12/15 Review for Exams Tue. 12/16 Review for Exams Wed. 12/17 Final Exams Thur. 12/18 Final Exams Fri. 12/19 Make-up Exams/Last Day of Semester ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sat. 12/20 –
Winter Break! Sun. 01/04ACT Vocabulary List #6 Historically significantly words
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Mon. 01/05 Teacher In-service!Tue. 01/06 First Day Back for StudentsWed. 01/07 Abdicate Renounce; give up Thur. 01/08 Antiquated Obsolete; outdated Fri. 01/09 Bourgeois Middle class; selfishly materialistic; conventional ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Week 2Mon. 01/12 Caste One of the hereditary classes in Hindu society; social stratification; prestige Tue. 01/13 Emancipate To set free Wed. 01/14 Hierarchy Arrangement by rank or standing; authoritarian body divided into ranks Thur. 01/15 Iconoclastic Attacking cherished traditions Fri. 01/16 Insurgent Rebellious ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Week 3Mon. 01/19 Tue. 01/20 Wed. 01/21 Posterity Descendents; future generations Thur. 01/22 Potentate Monarch; sovereign Fri. 01/23 Progenitor Ancestor ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Week 4Mon. 01/26 Provincial Pertaining to a province; limited in outlook; unsophisticated Tue. 01/27 Repatriate Return to one’s own country Wed. 01/28 Schism Division; split |
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