ACT: Multiple-Meaning Words: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 11

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. active
    characterized by energetic movement
  2. invest
    lay out money or resources in an enterprise
  3. throw
    propel through the air
  4. raw
    not treated with heat to prepare it for eating
  5. defend
    protect against a challenge or attack
  6. development
    a process in which something passes to a different stage
  7. faith
    complete confidence in a person or plan, etc.
  8. grievous
    causing or marked by grief or anguish
  9. relief
    the act of reducing something unpleasant
  10. neutral
    having no personal preference
  11. intense
    possessing a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
  12. condition
    a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing
  13. suspend
    bar temporarily
Created on Fri Jun 06 12:03:05 EDT 2025 (updated Fri Jun 06 12:04:03 EDT 2025)

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