The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words: List 1

On the ACT Reading Test, you'll encounter questions that ask you to determine the meanings of common words in context. We've identified 200 high-frequency, multiple-meaning words of the sort that you'll see on the exam. As you practice this list, you'll have to rely on context clues in order to determine each word’s meaning in a particular sentence. Be careful! Several of a word's meanings might show up as answer choices — but only one answer will capture the meaning of the word in the context of the sentence.
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  1. plot
    a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
  2. support
    the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
  3. release
    grant freedom to; free from confinement
  4. sound
    mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium
  5. concentration
    the spatial property of being crowded together
  6. mass
    the property of a body that causes it to have weight
  7. dominant
    most frequent or common
  8. account
    a record or narrative description of past events
  9. obscure
    not clearly understood or expressed
  10. delivery
    voluntary transfer of something from one party to another
  11. formula
    a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
  12. figure
    alternate name for the body of a human being
  13. trace
    an indication that something has been present
  14. base
    lowest support of a structure
  15. casual
    without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand
  16. secure
    free from danger or risk
  17. generation
    group of genetically related organisms in a line of descent
  18. settle
    become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet
  19. level
    a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
  20. review
    look at again; examine again
  21. discharge
    remove the unbalanced electricity from
  22. image
    a visual representation produced on a surface
  23. blunt
    not sharp (used of a knife or other blade)
  24. bound
    confined by bonds
  25. acute
    ending in a sharp point
Created on Thu Dec 17 12:24:34 EST 2020 (updated Thu Dec 17 12:30:36 EST 2020)

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