ACT Reading Vocab Question Practice

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In a snowy afternoon, children declared their intent to be naughty, despite my efforts to reason with them. The term 'vain' most nearly means:

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futile

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In the context of the passage, the word 'fauna' most nearly means:

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animal

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In the context of the passage, 'deliverance' refers to:

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liberation

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Webster, Worcester, and Bouvier define a citizen as a person in the U.S. entitled to vote and hold office. The question is: Are women persons? If so, they are citizens, and no State can make laws that abridge their privileges. Discrimination against women citizens is null and void, just like that against African Americans. In this context, 'abridge' most nearly means:

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diminish

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Genetic testing revealed that blueworms and heatworms are identical despite differing habitats and sizes. Keratin inhibits growth, maintaining high hydrostatic pressure in the worm. In this context, 'inhibits' most nearly means:

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impedes

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Vampire bat social grooming may appear distinct due to ecological factors like high ectoparasite levels. A sampling bias could exaggerate this behavior, as more focus is on vampire bats than other species. In this context, 'bias' most nearly means:

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partiality

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Given a context of limited leisure, 'admit of' most nearly means:

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tolerate

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Genetic diversity decreases as human populations move from Africa, supporting the idea that modern humans originated there. The term 'discontinuity' in this context means:

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inconsistency

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In the passage, 'mistress' most nearly means:

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manager

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Genetic studies on human origins focus on mitochondrial DNA, passed only from the mother, allowing for the tracing of mutations independent of parental DNA mixing. As used in the passage, 'tracing' most nearly means:

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tracking