Junior ACT VocabJunior ACT Vocab

Unit #1Unit #1

abaseabase

v. v. deprive of self-esteem, confidencedeprive of self-esteem, confidence

abstinenceabstinence

n. n. denial of an indulgence or appetitedenial of an indulgence or appetite

abstractabstract

adj. adj. apart from actual, specific, concrete apart from actual, specific, concrete ideas or events ideas or events

abstruseabstruse adj.adj. hard to understand hard to understand

accessibleaccessible

adj. adj. easy to approach or enter easy to approach or enter

acclaimacclaim

n. n. enthusiastic approval or welcome enthusiastic approval or welcome

I showed much acclaim for this movie!

acquiesceacquiesce

v. v. to submit without protestto submit without protest

adeptadept

adj. adj. skilled skilled

adherenceadherence

n. n. faithful attachment faithful attachment

adroitadroit

adj. adj. expert, skilled, or nimble expert, skilled, or nimble

adulationadulation

n. n. excessive adoration or admiration excessive adoration or admiration

Self-adulation

advocateadvocate

v. v. to speak or write in favor ofto speak or write in favor of

aestheticaesthetic

adj. adj. related to beauty related to beauty

The aesthetics of the Sistine Ceiling.

affableaffable

adj. adj. easy to approach or talk to easy to approach or talk to

Who is affable? Who is not?

affluenceaffluence

n. n. abundance of wealth abundance of wealth

WORD POWERWORD POWER a/an – a/an – not, withoutnot, without

achromaticachromatic anhydrous anhydrous

a – a – onon atopatop ashoreashore

ab/abs – ab/abs – from, away, offfrom, away, off abnormalabnormal absentabsent

ac,ad ac,ad to, toward, nearto, toward, near accelerateaccelerate accessible accessible

acro- acro- top, height, tip, beginningtop, height, tip, beginning acrobatacrobat acronym acronym