3500 ACT Vocabulary
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (10) - Matching Quizzes
pastel 
1
 | travel or journey, especially by foot, notably by pilgrim |
| any of various pale or light colors; lacking in body or vigor |
| presenting favorable circumstances; fortunate; advantageous |
| pertaining to bishop or pope; having dignity or authority of bishop |
penury
2
| cause something to multiply or breed; cause to extend to broader area or larger number |
| antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns |
| extreme poverty; lack of something; barrenness; insufficiency |
| one that serves as a pattern or model; system of assumptions, concepts, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality |
pernicious
3
| extinct flying reptiles that existed during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods |
| very destructive; tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly |
| overabundance; lavish or unrestrained expense |
| lessen violence of disease; moderate intensity; gloss over with excuses |
personnel
4
| pervading; spread throughout every part |
| lessen violence of disease; moderate intensity; gloss over with excuses |
| inspired by love for one's country |
| group of people willing to obey orders |
placate
5
| appease or pacify; bring peace to |
| split into opposite extremes or camps |
| inoffensive expression of fat; stout |
| lessen violence of disease; moderate intensity; gloss over with excuses |
polarize
6
| any of various pale or light colors; lacking in body or vigor |
| pervading; spread throughout every part |
| split into opposite extremes or camps |
| very destructive; tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly |
pontifical
7
| rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder; take as spoils |
| excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; acting like stuffed shirt |
| widespread; affecting majority of people |
| pertaining to bishop or pope; having dignity or authority of bishop |
precipitous
8
| extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward |
| work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
| stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic |
| intensely luminous surface of a star ,especially the sun |
preclude
9
| extreme poverty; lack of something; barrenness; insufficiency |
| pervading; spread throughout every part |
| make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent; eliminate |
| aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious |
propitious
10
| assume existence of; put forward, as for consideration or study; suggest |
| widespread; affecting majority of people |
| extend out or project in space; stick out |
| presenting favorable circumstances; fortunate; advantageous |