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ACT/SAT Quiz 11
Vocabulary words seen on standardized tests
Question | Answer |
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Prudent | Careful, cautious |
Verbose | Wordy, overly talkative |
Pedestrian | Common, ordinary, banal |
Innocuous | Harmless |
Fanatic | One who is extremely devoted to a cause or idea |
Enhance | To make better, to augment |
Retract | To take back |
Paucity | Scarcity, lack |
Rescind | To repeal, to take back formally |
Zeal | Enthusiasm |
Benign | Not causing harm |
Compliant | Submissive, easy to persuade or control |
Emulate | To copy something admired, to imitate |
Innumerable | Too many to number or count, many |
Meander | To wander slowly like a winding river |
Authoritarian | Like a dictator, excessive use of authority or power |
Brawn | Muscles, bulk |
Contrite | Deeply apologetic, remorseful |