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ACT Vocabulary Words
 

ACT Vocabulary List #3

 

There’s a Science to this Vocabulary

Week 1

 

Mon. 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

 

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Week 2

 

Mon. 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

 

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Week 3

 

Mon. 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

 

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M-F   10/20-24    Fall Break!

 

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Week 4

 

Mon. 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 1

 

Thur. 10/30                   Apprenticeship Time spent as novice learning from a skilled worker

Fri.    10/31                   Consolidation   Unification; process of becoming firmer or stronger

 

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Week 2

 

Mon. 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

 

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Week 3

 

Mon. 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

 

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Week 4

 

Mon. 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

 

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Week 5

 

Mon. 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                   Turkey Dinner!

Fri.    11/28                   Leftovers!

ACT Vocabulary List #5

 

Are these words Politically correct?

 

Week 1

 

Mon. 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

 

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Week 2

 

Mon. 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

 

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Week 3

 

Mon. 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

 

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Sat.   12/20 –

                                    Winter Break!

Sun.  01/04



ACT Vocabulary List #6

Historically significantly words

 

Week1

 

Mon. 01/05                   Teacher In-service!

Tue.  01/06                   First Day Back for Students

Wed. 01/07                   Abdicate             Renounce; give up

Thur. 01/08                   Antiquated         Obsolete; outdated

Fri.    01/09                   Bourgeois                   Middle class; selfishly materialistic; conventional

 

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Week 2

 

Mon. 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

 

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Week 3

 

Mon. 01/19                   Holiday! Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday

Tue.  01/20                  

Wed. 01/21                   Posterity             Descendents; future generations

Thur. 01/22                   Potentate           Monarch; sovereign

Fri.    01/23                   Progenitor                   Ancestor

 

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Week 4

 

Mon. 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

Thur. 01/29                   Usurp                  Seize another’s power or rank
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