ACT Aspire Vocabulary

CRITICALLY EXAMINE EACH OF THE FACTS

• ANALYZE
• JUSTIFY
• DIAGRAM
• ESTIMATE

SHOW HOW THE FACTS OR IDEAS ARE SIMILAR

• SUMMARIZE
• EQUIVALENT
• COMPARE
• DIMENSION

SHOW HOW THE FACTS OR IDEAS ARE DIFFERENT

• OPINION
• ACCURATE
• CONTRAST
• ELIMINATE

DETERMINE THE VALUE, SIGNIFICANCE, OR WORTH OF

• MEAN
• JUSTIFY
• DISTINGUISH
• EVALUATE

MAKE CLEAR BY CITING EXAMPLES, DRAWING A PICTURE, ETC.

• LEAST
• ESTIMATE
• ILLUSTRATE
• SEQUENCE

DRAW A CONCLUSION BASED ON GIVEN FACTS; PREDICT, GENERALIZE

• EFFECT
• REVISE
• INDICATION
• INFER

SHOW OR PROVE TO BE RIGHT OR REASONABLE

• CLASSIFY
• JUSTIFY
• TRACE
• ESTIMATE

ARRANGE IN MEANINGFUL ORDER, BEGINNING TO END

• SEQUENCE
  
• FREQUENCIES
• EXCERPT
• PHRASE

EXPLAIN THE MAIN POINTS

• ESTIMATE
• SUMMARIZE
• SEQUENCE
• OPINION

REVIEW IN DETAIL, STEP BY STEP

• MEAN
• TRACE
• ANALYZE
• COMPARE