ACT Word of the Day

Increasing your vocabulary and learning how to use new words is probably the most helpful way to improve your communication skills. It doesn’t matter whether you are focused on college admittance or a career opportunity.

Having a solid set of communication skills is paramount.

That is the main reason why the ACT exam has a vocabulary word section. They to test your knowledge and ability to communicate.

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100 Most Common ACT Word List

Here is a list of the most common ACT words on the vocabulary section of the ACT exam.

1. Adulation – excessive flattery
2. Aloof – not friendly or forthcoming
3. Anachronistic – belonging to a period other than that being portrayed
4. Analyze – examine methodically
5. Antagonize – cause someone to become hostile
6. Assert – state a fact
7. Befall – having to something bad happen to someone
8. Burgeon – begin to growth rapidly
9. Characteristic – a feature typical of a particular person
10. Compassion – sympathetic pity for the suffering of others
11. Complement – a thing that completes or brings to perfection
12. Consecutive – following continuously
13. Contract – written or spoken agreement
14. Contradict – deny the truth by stating the opposite
15. Correlate – having mutual relationship or connection
16. Cumbersome – large, heavy, or difficult
17. Demean – cause severe loss of dignity
18. Depict – show or represent by drawing
19. Devoid – entirely lacking, empty
20. Differential – varying according to circumstances
21. Diffuse – spread over a wide area
22. Digress – leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing
23. Discrepancy – a lack of comparability between two facts
24. Eclipse – obscuring the light from one celestial body by passing in front of it
25. Eminent – famous or respected within a specific sphere
26. Engross – absorb all the attention or interest
27. Exploit – make full use of
28. Facilitate – make an action easy or easier
29. Fastidious – very attentive to accurate details
30. Feign – pretend to be affected by
31. Fleeting – lasting for a very short time
32. Fuse – a safety device that melts or break on a circuit board if the electrical current exceeds its limits
33. Give – freely transfer possession
34. Generalize – make a broad statement by inferring from specific cases
35. Glaring – giving out or reflecting a strong light
36. Grandeur – splendor
37. Hardship – severe suffering
38. Hitherto – until now
39. Hypothetical – supposed but not necessarily real or true
40. Hypothesis – a proposed explanation based on limited evidence
41. Immense – extremely large
42. Impervious – not allowing fluid to pass through
43. Inevitable – certain to happen
44. Informal – having a relaxed style
45. Jumbled – mixed
46. Justify – show or prove to be right
47. Jurisdiction – official power to make legal decisions
48. Jury – a body of people sworn to give a verdict in a legal case
49. Latent – existing but not yet developed
50. Latter – occurring new the end of something
51. Lucrative – producing a great deal of profit
52. Lethargic – sluggish or apathetic
53. Malleable – able to be pressed or hammered out of shape without breaking
54. Mishap – an unlucky accident
55. Modify – make partial or minor changes
56. Meticulous – showing great attention to detail
57. Momentous – of great importance
58. Nuance – a subtle difference in
59. Nautical – of or concerning sailors or navigation
60. Nostalgia – a sentimental longing
61. Notion – a conception of or belief about something
62. Obsolete – no longer produced or used
63. Obstruct – to block
64. Omnipotent – having unlimited power
65. Omit – to leave out or exclude
66. Orient – countries of Asia
67. Paramount – of utmost important
68. Perpetual – never ending or changing
69. Pensive – engaged in deep serious thought
70. Perplex – cause someone to feel completely baffled
71. Pragmatic – dealing with things sensibly and realistically on a way that is based on practical considerations
72. Prolific – producing much fruit or work
73. Pungent – having a sharply strong taste or smell
74. Qualitative – relating to the standard of something
75. Quantitative – relating to the amount of something
76. Quasi – seemingly
77. Reflect – throw back light without absorbing it
78. Realistic – showing a practice idea of what can be expected
79. Reality – the state of things as they actually exist
80. Relevant – closely connected to what is being done
81. Scrutinize – inspect closely
82. Skeptical – not easily convinced
83. Solidarity – unity or agreement of feeling
84. Solution – means of solving a problem
85. Static – lacking movement
86. Strenuous – requiring or using great exertion
87. Sustainable – able to be maintained at a certain level
88. Tactile – of or connected with the sense of touch
89. Tedious – too long, slow, or dull
90. Trait – a distinguishing quality
91. Translucent – allowing light to pass through
92. Ubiquitous – universal, found everywhere
93. Uniform – not changing in form
94. Unprecedented – never done or known before
95. Unrealized – not achieved or created yet
96. Validate – check or prove accuracy
97. Variable – not consistent or having a fixed pattern
98. Vital – absolutely necessary
99. Void – not valid
100. Whole – entire, all of