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ACT-SAT Vocabulary 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| pariah | 2. an outcast. any person or animal that is generally despised or avoided. ( initial capital letter ) a member of a low caste in southern India and Burma. |
| persevere | 1. to persist in anything undertaken; maintain a purpose in spite of difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement; continue steadfastly. insist. |
| latent | 6. present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; of an infectious agent or disease) remaining in an inactive or hidden phase; dormant. existing in unconscious or dormant form but potentially able to achieve expression.(of buds that are not externally |
| burgeon | 3. to grow or develop quickly; flourish: to begin to grow, as a bud; put forth buds, shoots, etc., as a plant (often followed by out, forth |
| diligent | 7. constant in effort to accomplish something; attentive and persistent in doing anything. done or pursued with persevering attention; painstaking: |
| paragon | 4. a model or pattern of excellence or of a particular excellence. an unusually large, round pearl. |
| commodious | 5. spacious and convenient; roomy: ample or adequate for a particular purpose. |
| clairvoyant | 1. having or claiming to have the power of seeing objects or actions beyond the range of natural vision: |
| cosmopolitian | 10. free from local, provincial, or national ideas, prejudices, or attachments; at home all over the world. belonging to all the world; |
| vast | 9. of very great area or extent; immense: of very great size or proportions; huge; enormous: very great in number, quantity, amount; very great in degree, intensity |