3500 ACT Vocabulary
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (10) - Matching Quizzes
pallid 
1
 | religious devotion and reverence to God; devout act, thought, or statement; godliness |
| lie; stray from or evade truth; behave in evasive way such as to delay action |
| something that propels or drives forward |
| abnormally pale; lacking intensity of color or luminousness |
papyrus
2
| located in outer boundary; unimportant; auxiliary |
| flawlessness; excellence; state of being without flaw or defect |
| offer illicit sex with third party; tempt with or appeal to improper motivations |
| ancient paper made from stem of plant |
pare
3
| religious devotion and reverence to God; devout act, thought, or statement; godliness |
| remove outer covering or skin of with knife or similar instrument |
| rapid growth; spread; increase in size by reproduction |
| involving clever rogues or adventurers |
parity
4
| expertness characteristic of a professional person |
| equality in status or amount; similarity or close |
| pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role |
| offer illicit sex with third party; tempt with or appeal to improper motivations |
perfection
5
| flawlessness; excellence; state of being without flaw or defect |
| offer illicit sex with third party; tempt with or appeal to improper motivations |
| located in outer boundary; unimportant; auxiliary |
| cowardly; lacking strength and firmness of mind |
philistine
6
| narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain |
| cowardly; lacking strength and firmness of mind |
| flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped |
| person guided and protected by a more prominent person |
picaresque
7
| involving clever rogues or adventurers |
| lie; stray from or evade truth; behave in evasive way such as to delay action |
| expertness characteristic of a professional person |
| rapid growth; spread; increase in size by reproduction |
pomposity
8
| outstanding; superior to or notable above all others |
| cowardly; lacking strength and firmness of mind |
| lasting indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; remaining active throughout all the time |
| excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; acting like stuffed shirt |
portly
9
| something that propels or drives forward |
| inoffensive expression of fat; stout |
| theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original |
| expecting a baby; carrying within the body or being about to produce new life |
postulate
10
| offer illicit sex with third party; tempt with or appeal to improper motivations |
| pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust |
| essential premise; underlying assumption |
| equality in status or amount; similarity or close |