7 ACT Vocab

Based on its use in the following sentence, which is the best definition of ascertain? "Their disappearance was so complete that it was only through the efforts of modern-day archaeologists that their existence was ascertained."

• denied
• disputed
• discovered
• pondered

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Lincoln said, “If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and _____.”

• esteem
• attainment
• cogent
• affiliated

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

I found your criticism of my conduct unpleasant, but I had to admit that your remarks were _____.

• affiliated
• cogent
• esteem
• converge

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Winning the geography competition became an _____ for which I was very proud.

• expunge
• affiliated
• cogent
• attainment

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Her bright, optimistic manner did much to _____ the atmosphere of gloom that had settled over the meeting.

• disperse
• bequeath
• attainment
• esteem

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Nothing he may _____ to the next generation can be more precious than the memory of his long life of honorable public service.

• cogent
• expunge
• bequeath
• converge

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

The newspaper revealed that the city’s chief building inspector was ____ with a large construction company.

• ascertained
• affiliated
• cogent
• dispersed

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

At first, the two candidates were in disagreement on every issue; but as the campaign went on, their opinions seemed to _______.

• disperse
• affiliated
• ascertain
• converge

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Something that is finite lasts:

• forever
• for an unknown amount of time
• a limited time
• only seconds

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Which of the following words could be a synonym for expunged?

• forgotten
• obliterated
• occupied
• renamed

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.L.11-12.5B