3500 ACT Vocabulary
| 3500 ACT Vocabulary | Introduction |
| Group (10) - Matching Quizzes |    |
pandemic 
1
 | one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party |
| having casual sexual relations frequently with different partners; irregular, casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior |
| tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings |
| widespread; affecting majority of people |
partisan
2
| one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party |
| avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing |
| authority on a subject; learned person; expert |
| full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through |
percussion
3
| striking one object against another sharply |
| honored; respected; reputed; exerting influence by reason of high status |
| expression of disagreement and disapproval; complain against |
| having casual sexual relations frequently with different partners; irregular, casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior |
pessimism
4
| belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess |
| marked by precise accordance with details |
| induce someone to convert to one's own religious faith |
| precisely meaningful; forceful and brief |
placate
5
| childish; belonging to childhood; immature |
| appease or pacify; bring peace to |
| animal kept for amusement or companionship |
| major class of plants; primary branch of animal kingdom; division |
precipitate
6
| distinctive and stylish elegance; a bunch of feathers or plume, especially on a helmet |
| rash; moving rapidly and heedlessly; speeding headlong; occurring suddenly |
| pierce, punch, or bore hole or holes in; penetrate |
| striking one object against another sharply |
precis
7
| concise summing up of main points |
| father and ruler of family or tribe |
| foretell; serve as an omen or a warning of; indicate by prediction |
| expression of disagreement and disapproval; complain against |
predispose
8
| flawlessness; excellence; state of being without flaw or defect |
| honored; respected; reputed; exerting influence by reason of high status |
| give inclination toward; make susceptible to; settle or dispose of in advance |
| belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess |
preempt
9
| dive; submerge; become suddenly lower; decrease dramatically; throw oneself into a substance or place |
| flawlessness; excellence; state of being without flaw or defect |
| evidence; demonstration; statement or argument used in such a validation |
| appropriate, seize, or take for oneself before others; gain possession of by prior right or opportunity |
prelude
10
| theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original |
| full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through |
| introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface |
| engaged in, or suitable for a profession |