10th Grade ACT
Vocabulary – Unit 8
fastidious
Adj. excessively critical or demanding
fiasco
n. A complete failure
figurative
Adj. not literal or to be taken seriously
flagrant
Adj. shockingly noticeable, obvious
fraudulent
Adj. characterized by deceit, trickery
furbish
v. To restore to good condition
galvanize
v. To startle into sudden activity
garb
n. A distinctive kind of uniform
garrulous
Adj. rambling, excessive talking
genealogy
n. A record of the ancestry of a person
gird
v. To encircle or bind with a belt or band
glib
Adj. thoughtless, insincere
gregarious
Adj. sociable, outgoing
hackneyed
Adj. made commonplace, boring, or
banal
harbinger
n. Anything that foreshadows future
events
WORD POWER
chron-
time
(chronological, chronograph)
pre-
before
(pregame, premeditate)
mal-
badly
(malpractice, malice)
-ment
act of, process, result of
(excitement, improvement)
-cide
kill
(insecticide, homicide)