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Worried about ACT vocabulary? Worry no more! We’ve collected the top 20 ACT vocabulary words you should know<\/strong>—along with their definitions and parts of speech—in one place for your studying ease. Without further ado… <\/p>\n

Top 20 ACT Vocabulary Words*<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/th>\nWord<\/th>\nPart of Speech<\/th>\nDefinition(s)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>\nadhere<\/td>\nverb<\/td>\nto stick to a surface or substance [or] to follow a practice or belief<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nanticipate<\/td>\nverb<\/td>\nto regard as probable [or] to expect or predict<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\ncharacteristic<\/td>\nadjective<\/td>\na special quality of a person, thing, or group<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\ncompose<\/td>\nverb<\/td>\nto write or create [or] to constitute or make up (e.g. water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\ncritical<\/td>\nadjective<\/td>\nexpressing criticism or disapproval [or] relating to the careful judgements of critics (usually about books, art, movies, etc.) [or] using careful judgment about the good and bad parts of something<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\ndetermine<\/td>\nverb<\/td>\nto make an official decision, based on evidence or facts [or] to be the cause or reason for something [or] to learn something by getting information<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\ndifferentiate<\/td>\nverb<\/td>\nto recognize what makes someone or something different [or] to make someone or something appear different [or] to become different in the process of development<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nengage<\/td>\nverb<\/td>\nto occupy or attract someone’s interest or attention [or] to participate in something<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nglaring<\/td>\nadjective<\/td>\ngiving or reflecting a strong light [or] very obvious or conspicuous<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nhypothesis<\/td>\nnoun<\/td>\na supposition or proposed explanation based on limited evidence, used as a starting point for further investigation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nimminent<\/td>\nadjective<\/td>\nabout to happen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\ninevitable<\/td>\nadjective<\/td>\nunavoidable [or] when used as a noun, a situation that is unavoidable (e.g. “I don’t want to be here when the inevitable occurs”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nintuition<\/td>\nnoun<\/td>\nthe ability to understand something before using conscious reasoning [or] something that one knows before thinking about it; a “gut feeling.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\njustify<\/td>\nverb<\/td>\nto show or prove to be right [or] to be a good reason for doing something<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nomit<\/td>\nverb<\/td>\nto intentionally leave something or someone out [or] to leave something undone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nprecede<\/td>\nverb<\/td>\nto come before in time, order, or position [or] to go in front of or ahead of<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nredundant<\/td>\nadjective<\/td>\nno longer useful, superfluous, extra [or] able to be left out without sacrificing meaning or usefulness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nrelevant<\/td>\nadjective<\/td>\nappropriate to the matter at hand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\ntrivial<\/td>\nadjective<\/td>\nof small value or importance [or] a person only concerned with unimportant things<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nuniform<\/td>\nadjective<\/td>\nnot changing in form or character, or similar in form or character to other things [or] a piece of clothing that is part of a uniform<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

*As I mentioned in the Top Tips post<\/a>, the ACT will more commonly test secondary definitions of common words than esoteric or abstruse vocabulary. Bear in mind that the second and third definitions of the words on this list are important, too!<\/strong> If you need more vocab practice, check out Magoosh ACT Prep<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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