3500 ACT Vocabulary
| 3500 ACT Vocabulary | Introduction |
| Group (12) - Matching Quizzes |   |
taut 
1
 | easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile |
| frightening or intimidating; of a formidable nature; terrific |
| pulled or drawn tight; kept in trim shape; neat and tidy |
| strip a priest or minister of church authority; remove from status as member of clergy |
toady
2
| last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another |
| land or an area of land of high elevation |
| person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; yes man |
| marked by energy and vigor; manly; able to copulate, as for male |
tractable
3
| easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile |
| walk unsteadily or feebly; stagger; sway, as if about to fall |
| hard; difficult; feeling physical discomfort or pain; hard to bear |
| lie in wait for and attack from ambush; wait in hiding to attack; intercept unexpectedly |
transgression
4
| violation of law, command, or duty; exceeding of due bounds or limits |
| land or an area of land of high elevation |
| energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop |
| going from one state of action to another |
transitory
5
| existing or lasting only a short time; short-lived or temporary |
| lacking refinement or cultivation or taste |
| going from one state of action to another |
| large in volume or bulk; large in number or quantity, especially of discourse |
trepidation
6
| hard; difficult; feeling physical discomfort or pain; hard to bear |
| state of alarm or dread; nervous apprehension; involuntary trembling or quivering |
| frightening or intimidating; of a formidable nature; terrific |
| land or an area of land of high elevation |
truism
7
| advance forces; leading units at front of army or fleet; persons at forefront of any group or movement |
| undoubted or self-evident truth; obvious truth |
| easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile |
| sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate |
ultimatum
8
| last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another |
| pardonable; able to be forgiven; trivial |
| hard; difficult; feeling physical discomfort or pain; hard to bear |
| distasteful; disagreeable; unpleasant to taste |
uncouth
9
| pompous array of words; overabundance of words |
| lacking refinement or cultivation or taste |
| freshen; circulate through and freshen |
| strip a priest or minister of church authority; remove from status as member of clergy |
unfathomable
10
| difficult or impossible to understand; difficult or impossible to measure |
| sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate |
| energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop |
| landing; a score in American football |