contaminated. 1  transitive verb. 2  1a : to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association Bacteria contaminated the wound.b : to make inferior or impure by admixture iron contaminated with phosphorus. 3  2 : to make unfit for use by the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements water contaminated by sewage.
in total with the optional writing section the act sections take 2 hours and 55 minutes to complete once breaks and test administration time are added in students can expect to spend four hours on the act
The ACT essay is an optional 40-minute writing exercise offered after 2 hours and 55 minutes of multiple-choice assessment in English, reading, math and science. Before September, the ACT gave students 30 minutes to compose an essay taking a position on a given issue, with the writing graded on a scale of 2 to 12.