ACT Vocabulary: Degree
Words for amount, size, speed, and certainty, each in a short sentence.
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Clinic towels
The clinic had a meager supply of clean towels.
Library card
The library asked a nominal fee to replace a lost card.
Ticket sales
Sales of concert tickets showed a marginal gain.
Library copier
The library copier was sluggish on long jobs.
Walk to the library
Students kept a brisk pace on the walk to the library.
New shelves
Work on the new shelves moved at a creeping pace.
Clinic thermometer
The clinic thermometer showed a slight rise before noon.
Window frame
The librarian noticed a minute crack in the window frame.
Exam week
The library posted a tentative schedule for exam week.
After-school review
A bare handful of students stayed after school for review.
Extra folder
The clinic asked only a token payment for an extra folder.
Returned books
The sheer number of returned books surprised the librarian.
Club meeting
An utter lack of chairs ended the club meeting.
Extra visitors
The nurse gave an absolute no to extra visitors in the room.
Lunch orders
The gross number of lunches, before any were canceled, was ninety.
Lunch line
The lunch line moved at a leaden pace.
Copy paper
The principal share of the copy paper went to the art room.
Music room
The music room showed a stark absence of chairs.
Lunch price
The starting price of a lunch was two dollars.
Book sale
A sizable number of neighbors came to the weekend book sale.
Shared flour
The two kitchens received matching shares of the flour.
Lost glove
An odd glove remained in the clinic lost-and-found.
Shelving books
The librarian shelved books at a leisurely pace.
Garden soil
The garden soil was rich in compost.
September garden
The garden bed was poor in rain during September.
Open seats
The number of open seats stayed fluid until the bell.
Bus stop
The bus made an abrupt stop outside the clinic.
Kitchen fence
The fence behind the school kitchen grew lush with vines.
Tomato bed
The raised bed was barren of tomatoes by August.
Gravel lot
The gravel lot was sterile, and no grass grew there.
Morning milk
The prompt arrival of the milk kept breakfast on time.
School pond
The pond by the school was teeming with tadpoles.
Sign-up sheet
The sign-up sheet showed a meteoric climb all through the week.
Setting out lunch
The crew worked at a flying pace to set out lunch.
Salt jar
The salt water in the kitchen jar was saturated, and no more salt would dissolve.
Tile cleaner
The tile cleaner was too potent to pour straight from the bottle.
Lunch juice
The juice was diluted with water before lunch.
Bike rack
A dense line of bicycles filled the rack outside the library.
Checkup line
The line for checkups stayed static until the nurse called the next group.
Between lunches
The dishwasher sat unused between lunch groups.
Soup pot
The volume of soup would not fit in one pot.
Clinic kettle
The kettle in the clinic kitchen had a capacity of two liters.
Rice pot
A full measure of rice went into the lunch pot.
Salty soup
The soup was salty only to a small degree.
Before the bell
The kitchen reached a busy pitch just before lunch.
Science wire
The wire for the science display was a heavy gauge.
Closing time
The clinic posted a settled closing time of four.
Club ages
Ages in the after-school club covered a wide range.
Reading list
The span of the reading list ran from short poems to long novels.
Neighborhood bus
The reach of the neighborhood bus ended at Oak Street.
Library map
The dot sat plumb in the middle of the library map.
Bus time
The driver was certain the neighborhood bus would come by eight.
Club membership
The club set a ceiling of twenty members.
Trip tickets
The field trip required a floor of ten ticket sales.
Museum trip
The school put a cap of thirty students on the museum trip.
Sign-up count
Names on the sign-up sheet crossed the threshold of twenty.
Early quiz
Only a fraction of the class finished the quiz early.
Spare oven
The extra oven in the kitchen stayed dormant all semester.
Jam knife
A sticky residue of jam stayed on the knife after lunch.
Notebook closet
The balance of the notebooks was locked in the supply closet.
Library hours
The clerk was positive the library closed at six.
Express bus
The express bus skipped two neighborhood stops.
Attendance cards
The aide wrote a rough tally of the attendance cards.
Second bus
The office gave a qualified yes to adding a second bus.
Picnic plan
The neighborhood picnic was contingent on dry weather.
Cafeteria counter
Lunch trays moved headlong along the cafeteria counter.
Glove boxes
The apparent shortage of gloves was only a box left in the hall.
Missing books
A claim that ten books were missing was circumstantial.
Guest count
An early figure of ninety guests was speculative.
Outside the clinic
A pretty large crowd waited outside the clinic.
Return stack
A substantial stack of returns covered the library desk.
Missing box
One missing box made a material difference in the book count.
Bake sale
The bake sale produced a tangible gain in club funds.
Name roster
A palpable gap showed in the roster of names.
Dose count
The nurse asked for a concrete count of the doses.
Supply note
The note that said about forty was too abstract for the supply list.
Crowd size
The size of the crowd stayed vague until the doors shut.
Seating plans
Plans for seating were still nebulous on Monday morning.
Door sign
The door sign stated an explicit limit of two visitors.
Cookie table
An implicit rule of one cookie was understood at the table.
List numbers
A patent gap appeared between items twelve and fifteen on the list.
Chair shortage
A manifest shortage of chairs delayed the neighborhood meeting.
Two rosters
A blatant difference of ten names appeared on the two rosters.
Clinic chart
The marker sat dead on two kilograms.
Lunch miscount
An egregious miscount added twenty extra lunches.
Splint supply
The clinic faced an acute shortage of splints.
Rush delivery
The clinic paid a premium for rush delivery of gloves.
Checkout pace
The clerk kept a snappy pace at the lunch line.
Rain buckets
The buckets beside the kitchen door filled with copious rain.
Soap dispenser
The clinic dispenser still held ample soap.
Clinic elevator
The halting elevator paused at nearly every stop.
First total
The first total was shaky until the books were counted again.
Linked totals
The link between the two totals was tenuous.
Sample bottles
The clinic kept a miniature supply of sample bottles.
Corner table
A diminutive table fit in the corner of the clinic office.
Library cart
A compact printer sat on the corner of the library cart.
Records office
The records office felt cramped once three nurses came in.
School lawn
An immense lawn ran from the school steps to the street.
Clinic courier
The fleet courier arrived at the clinic before the bell.
After the sale
Cleanup after the neighborhood sale proceeded at a ponderous rate.
Assembly gym
The cavernous gym held every class for the assembly.
Yearbook pile
A monumental pile of yearbooks blocked the office doorway.
Band past the school
The band kept a crisp pace past the school.
Boxed books
The library move involved an epic quantity of boxed books.
Town map
A giant map of the town covered one library wall.
Under the counter
A dwarf refrigerator fit under the counter in the clinic.
Tutor walk
Every tutor carried a pocket dictionary on the walk.
Heart model
A full-scale model of a heart stood in the clinic lobby.