ACT: Multiple-Meaning Words: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 10

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. plane
    an unbounded two-dimensional shape
  2. complete
    having all necessary qualities
  3. claim
    assert or affirm strongly
  4. commission
    the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions
  5. involve
    contain as a part
  6. tone
    the distinctive property of a complex sound
  7. recognition
    identifying something or someone by remembering
  8. patch
    a small contrasting part of something
  9. subject
    some situation or event that is thought about
  10. command
    an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
  11. sensitive
    responsive to physical stimuli
  12. mount
    go up, advance, or increase
Created on Fri Jun 06 12:00:39 EDT 2025

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