Pre-ACT Vocab

Vocab 1

100

A quality or characteristic belonging to someone or something.

Attribute

200

• To happen, especially something bad or unpleasant.

Befall

300

•  To state the opposite of; to deny or disagree with something.

Contradict

400

: Large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use; unwieldy.

Cumbersome

500

•  To make or become smaller or less in size, importance, or intensity.

Diminish

Vocab 2

100

: To come out into view or become visible; to appear.

Emerge

200

: To nullify or make ineffective; to deny the existence or truth of something.

Negate

300

: A reason or argument offered in opposition to something.

Objection

400

: To confirm the truth or accuracy of something.

Verify

500

: A person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy.

Advocate

Vocab Kafka

100

: Extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain.

Distress

200

: The act of making something better or improving a bad situation.

Amelioration

300

: A strong dislike or unwillingness to do something.

Aversion

400

: The state of being deprived of oxygen, causing unconsciousness or death; suffocation.

Asphyxiation

500

: In a way that shows no energy or enthusiasm.

Listlessly

Vocab P words

100

: To think about something carefully and thoroughly.

Ponder

200

: Skilled and competent in doing something.

Proficient

300

• Pungent: Having a strong, sharp smell or taste.

Pungent

400

: Continuing forever or for a very long time without stopping.

Perpetual

500

: Serious and immediate danger.

Peril

Vocab 5

100

: Painful or laborious effort; strenuous work or toil.

Travail

200

: Unnecessarily repetitive or superfluous.

Redundant

300

: Very great or intense; having deep meaning or insight.

Pound

400

: Closely connected or appropriate to the matter at hand.

Relevant

500

: To feel bitterness or anger about something perceived as unfair.

Resent