10th Grade ACT VOCAB
UNIT #6
defunct
• adj. no longer in effect or use; not
functioning
delectable
• n. delightful; enjoyable
demagogue
• n. a leader who makes use of popular
prejudices and false claims in order to gain
power
disrupt
• v. to cause disorder or turmoil
dissipate
• v. to spend or use wastefully
Ms. Casmus spends all
her money on Coach
purses. Does she need
them? No. Does she buy
them anyway? Of course!
distract
• v. to draw away, as the mind or attention
diversion
• n. the act of diverting or turning aside; as
from a course
dogmatic
• adj. giving opinions in an arrogant
manner
dross
• n. waste matter; refuse
edify
• v. to instruct or benefit, uplift morally or
spiritually
effrontery
• n. shameless audacity or boldness
electorate
• n. the body of persons allowed to vote in
an election
elite
• n. persons of the highest class
emaciated
• v. to be abnormally thin
encompass
• v. to form a circle around
Word Power
• 16. graph – write, written
– Cryptograph
– polygraph
• 17. un – not, release
– Unnecessary
– unreal
• 18. pro – forward, in favor of
– Proceed
– Pro-Eagles
• 19. – ful full of
– Hopeful
– Vengeful
• 20. – ar, - er, -or one who, that which
– Teacher
– Actor