ACT Class Overview Prepare for the ACT Test Over 25 hours of instruction Conquer all 4 sections of the test & the ACT essay Practice with real ACT test questions Receive individualized attention from a test prep expert Reinforce your skills with weekly homework assignments Program Highlights English: Parallel structure, subject-verb agreement, verb choice, rhetorical skills[…]
Profundity- Having a profound or amazing quality Stealth- Related to secretiveness (Usually a situation) Furtive- Sly, Secretive (related to a person) Jocular- Joking in manner Surmise- To suppose/guess Substantiate- To support with evidence Colossal- Huge Poignant- Sharp, straight to the point Focal- Center Promulgate- To make widely known Abate- Reduce in amount Obfuscate- To confuse[…]
Impetuous- Rash, impatient Abase- To degrade Engender- To cause Talisman- Lucky charm Clairvoyant- Someone who can see into the future Renown- Famous, well known Abhor- To hate Boorish- Rude Languid- Tired, slow Resplendent- Shiny, glorious Enervate- To run out of strength Florid- Ornate Vapid- Cliché Sagacity- Wisdom Venerable- Respectable because of age or wisdom Forbearance-[…]
Penultimate- Next to last Chary- Cautious, shy Capacious- Spacious, roomy Capricious- Quickly changing, fickle Imperious- Commanding Insolent- Rude, disrespectful Cosmopolitan- Worldly, refers to someone who is familiar with city life Apocryphal- Fake Abdicate- To give up a position Abjure- To reject Abridge- To shorten Absolve- To clear from blame, to clear completely Zephyr- A gentle[…]
Wizened- Shriveled up, dried up Vicissitude- A change, alternation, mutation Unctuous- Greasy (physically or personality) (-) Acronym- Name in which each letter stands for something Flippant- Rude, glib (-) Swagger- Boasting manner Retraction- Withdrawal of something (especially a statement) Sardonic- Sarcastic or mocking (-) Naysayer- One who denies, refuses, opposes, or is skeptical Quaffable- Drinkable[…]
Littoral- The shore of a lake or ocean Redolent- Having a good smell Xenophile- Prejudice against immigrants Lucrative- Profitable Anarchy- Absence of government Debacle- Sudden collapse Abdicate- Renounce or give up a position Antiquated- Out of date Bourgeois- Middle class, materialistic Insurgent- Rebellious or one who rebels Posterity- Descendents, future generations Iconoclast- One who attacks[…]
Clandestine- Secret Prophetic- Seeing into the future Trivial- Unimportant Dissent- Disagree with Surmise- Presume Depravity- Moral corruption Jeopardize- Put in danger Scrutinize- Criticize Slipshod- Haphazardly Extrapolate- To pull out of Onerous- Strenuous, difficult, bothersome Irreproachable- Beyond reproach (too holy to be criticized) Affliction- Misery, pain, grief Cacophony- Harsh/loud sounds Rehash- Repeat Expendable- Worthless Ameliorate- Soothe,[…]
Dowager- Widow who has right to property Turpitude- Corrupt practice Perspicacity- Keen Modicum- Small amount of something Vindictive- Revengeful Condone- To allow or excuse Subterfuge- A deceiving statement used to get what you want Recalcitrant- Stubborn and uncooperative with the authority Rapacious- Very greedy Venal- Related to bribery Antiquated- Old-fashioned, out-dated Laconic- Using few words[…]
Impish- Annoying or annoyingly playful Gaucho- Cowboy, masculine and adventurous Gist- The basic idea of something Imputation- An accusation of guild Chaste- Pure Errant- Wandering Fallacious- Misleading Phlegmatic- Stoic, showing little emotion Mellifluous- Softly flowing Magnanimity- Generosity Scrupulous- Moral, honest, sticking to rules Tenacious- Persistent, stubborn Bane- Cause of death or ruin Ardor- Intensity Dogged-[…]
Brood- Young of an animal Confer- Discuss/conference with Din- Noisy Disinter- To take out of original place Dole- To distribute out Ensconce- To settle in or to hide Forelock- Front of a horse’s mane Gambol- To play light heartedly Ignominious- Bringing shame Knoll- Hill Machination- Sneaky plot Maxim- A saying that is widely accepted Poultice-[…]