th
10
Grade ACT
Vocabulary
Unit #16
prolific
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Adj. producing in large quantities;
highly productive
promontory
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N. a high point of land or rock
projecting into the sea or other water
beyond the line of a coast
propriety
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N. conformity to established standards
of good or proper behavior
prosaic
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Adj. commonplace or dull;
unimaginative
protract
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V. to draw out or lengthen, especially
in time
protuberant
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Adj. bulging out beyond the
surrounding surface
provision
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N. the providing or supplying of
something, especially of food or other
necessities
provocation
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N. something that angers or irritates
proximity

N. nearness in place, time, order,
occurrence, or relation
puerile

Adj. of or pertaining to a child or
childhood
pulverize

V. to reduce to dust or powder as by
pounding or grinding
purge
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V. to rid whatever is impure or
undesirable
purloin
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V. to take dishonestly; steal
qualm

N. an uneasy feeling of conscience as
to conduct
quibble
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N. or V. to evade the truth or
importance of an issue by raising
trivial distinctions and objections
POWER TO THE WORD
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16. am, ami, amic – love
– amore; amicable; amiable
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17. rupt – break, burst
– disrupt; abrupt
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18. co, com - with, together
– coexist; coteach
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19. de - from, down, away, opposite of
– deface; detract
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20. - less without
– Penniless; hopeless