ACT Vocabulary Test 1

drolet (United States of America)
Groups 1-5
64 words 124 learners

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  1. agile
    moving quickly and lightly
  2. antagonistic
    characterized by feelings of intense dislike or hostility
  3. apprehensively
    with anxiety or apprehension
  4. arbitrary
    based on or subject to individual discretion or preference
  5. averting
    the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away
  6. bulbous
    rounded and bulging
  7. burly
    muscular and heavily built
  8. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  9. clandestine
    conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
  10. claustrophobia
    a morbid fear of being closed in a confined space
  11. commercial
    connected with or engaged in the exchange of goods
  12. communal
    for or by a group rather than individuals
  13. compendious
    briefly giving the gist of something
  14. compulsory
    required by rule
  15. condemnation
    an expression of strong disapproval
  16. covertly
    in a covert manner
  17. detest
    dislike intensely
  18. detested
    treated with contempt
  19. don
    a teacher or tutor, especially at Cambridge or Oxford
  20. drone
    make a monotonous low dull sound
  21. eaves
    the overhang at the lower edge of a roof
  22. erratic
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  23. exile
    the act of expelling a person from their native land
  24. fickle
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  25. furtively
    in a secretive manner
  26. gape
    look with amazement
  27. gawk
    look with amazement
  28. hostile
    characterized by enmity or ill will
  29. hyperventilation
    an increased depth and rate of breathing greater than demanded by the body needs; can cause dizziness and tingling of the fingers and toes and chest pain if continued
  30. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  31. inconsequential
    lacking worth or importance
  32. inconspicuously
    in a manner intended to avoid attracting attention
  33. intransigence
    stubborn refusal to compromise or change
  34. lissome
    moving and bending with ease
  35. lithe
    moving and bending with ease
  36. mandatory
    required by rule
  37. niche
    a small concavity
  38. nimble
    moving quickly and lightly
  39. noble
    of or belonging to hereditary aristocracy
  40. nostalgically
    in a nostalgic manner
  41. obligatory
    required by compulsion or convention
  42. omnipresent
    existing everywhere at once
  43. pallid
    pale, as of a person's complexion
  44. perilously
    in a dangerous manner
  45. permanence
    property of being able to exist for an indefinite time
  46. permeable
    allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through
  47. prattle
    speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
  48. precariously
    in a manner affording no ease or reassurance
  49. requisite
    necessary for relief or supply
  50. saunter
    walk leisurely and with no apparent aim
  51. sporadic
    recurring in scattered or unpredictable instances
  52. stammer
    speak haltingly
  53. statuesque
    suggestive of a sculpture representing a human or animal
  54. stipulation
    a restriction insisted upon as a condition for an agreement
  55. supple
    moving and bending with ease
  56. supplement
    an additional component that improves capability
  57. surreptitiously
    in a secretive manner
  58. translucent
    allowing light to pass through diffusely
  59. ubiquitous
    being present everywhere at once
  60. verbose
    using or containing too many words
  61. vogue
    a current state of general acceptance and use
  62. whimsical
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  63. wistfully
    in a pensively sad manner
  64. wordy
    using or containing too many words
Created on Mon Jan 03 18:47:06 EST 2011

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