3500 ACT Vocabulary

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 3500 ACT Vocabulary
1   Overview:
Many tasks are on their list when high school students prepare for an ACT exam. Reviewing and enhancing ACT vocabulary is usually the hardest one. Here we will help you master ACT words efficiently. As we know, ACT consists of multiple sections; three are actually to test English skills. Words are the essential elements of any language. If you want to succeed in ACT, you have to build a strong ACT vocabulary seriously.

You may see an ACT vocabulary list somewhere, but official ACT vocabulary doesn't exist. The ACT word list is only a concept to refer to a list related to the ACT exam; it encloses words that probably will occur or once occurred on ACT papers, whose contents vary on different scenarios: the test takers' level and pursuit. This ACT words list matches the average 12th-grade students and concentrates on the requirement of its reading section.

Vocabulary is a critical asset in all reading tests. You can only get a good score on reading tests with solid ACT vocabulary. The reading test has the most robust vocabulary criteria compared to other test sections, like writing. Namely, writing words are usually in reading vocabulary, but the reverse isn't true. So if you plan to choose one vocabulary to cover all test sections, this list is the right candidate.

3500 ACT Vocabulary is an all-in-one middle-level word list that covers the core requirements in preparing for the exam. 12th-grade students should schedule 3 to 6 months to master the words. Given the reading test, students had better learn or understand all vocabulary words.

ACT organizer insists that the test doesn't emphasize strong or large vocabulary; it seems true. However, it doesn't mean you have any chance of having a good score with bad vocabulary skills. Vocabulary is the foundation of any English test, and ACT has no exception. Want to improve your performance in the ACT? This vocabulary will give you a hand.

ACT vocabulary plays a crucial role in your ACT final score. ACT Official Website will give you authoritative information to work out a reasonable ACT vocabulary plan.

2   Alternative vocabularies:
Test takers have various requirements for vocabulary building; it's impossible to handle them with one ACT word list. Is there any alternative ACT vocabulary? Yes, you can get various ACT vocabularies from this or other websites. Besides, vocabularies for the SAT exam or high school study are possibly good options.

We think '3500 ACT Vocabulary' is the first choice for most students. You may find some others as a supplement for some particular purposes. For example, our website offers ESL ACT Vocabulary, which helps ESL (English as Second Language) students to overcome the gap of everyday life words.ESL ACT Vocabulary

Some students working hard to challenge the high score need more difficult words to enhance vocabulary skills. Difficult Words with Meaning and Sentence is deserved to have a look. It's short but can improve your writing vocabulary level.Difficult Words with Meaning and Sentence

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Words of Group 10 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
pachyderm
pacifist
pacify
paean
painstaking
painting
palatable
palatial
palette
palimpsest
pall
palliate
pallid
palpable
palpitate
paltry
panacea
panache
pandemic
pandemonium
pander
panegyric
panoramic
pantomime
papyrus
parable
paradigm
parallelism
paramount
paraphernalia
paraphrase
parch
pare
parity
parliamentary
parochial
parody
paroxysm
parry
parsimonious
parsimony
partial
partiality
partisan
partition
passive
pastel
pastiche
pastoral
pasture
patent
pathogenic
pathos
patina
patriarch
patrician
patriotic
paucity
pauper
peccadillo
peculate
peculiarity
pecuniary
pedagogy
pedant
pedantic
peer
peerless
pejorative
pellucid
penitent
pensive
penury
perceptive
percolate
percussion
perdition
peregrination
peremptory
perennial
perfection
perfidious
perforate
performer
perfunctory
peripheral
periphery
permeable
permeate
pernicious
perpetrate
perpetuate
perquisite
perseverance
persistence
personnel
perspicacious
pert
pertinacious
pertinent
perturb
peruse
pervasive
pessimism
pet
petrifaction
petrify
phalanx
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abandonment   Speak
giving up completely; freedom from constraint
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acumen   Speak
mental keenness; quickness of perception
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admiration   Speak
favorable judgment; feeling of pleasure, wonder, and approval
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amenities   Speak
convenient features; courtesies
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assay   Speak
analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
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assuage   Speak
ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
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5   Word meaning matching - Test words you know:
abolish  Speak
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have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
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cancel; put an end to; destroy completely
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place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
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reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
abolition  Speak
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half-open; slightly turned or opened
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ending; act of abolishing; act of doing away with
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characteristic of dawn; dawning, eastern, like new beginning; relating to the atmospheric phenomenon auroras
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herald; give out; proclaim; make known publicly
abominable  Speak
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particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
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detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
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indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
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place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
abrade  Speak
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resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; deformity returning after passage of two or more generations
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plentiful; possessing riches or resources
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nook; small, recessed section of a room
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wear away by friction; scrape; erode
abundant  Speak
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something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
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plentiful; possessing riches or resources
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inadvertently; by chance; casually; fortuitously; not essentially or intrinsically
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half-open; slightly turned or opened
accomplish  Speak
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something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
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inform; give notice to; make aware
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gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
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succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
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assent; agree without protesting


Spelling Word: acquiesce
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calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics


Spelling Word: actuarial
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muddle; drive crazy; become confused


Spelling Word: addle
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improved; highly developed or complex; ahead of the times; progressive


Spelling Word: advanced
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unselfishly generous; concerned for others


Spelling Word: altruistic
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forefather; forebear; forerunner or predecessor


Spelling Word: ancestor
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