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ACT/SAT Quiz 11
Vocabulary words seen on standardized tests
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |