3500 ACT Vocabulary
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (11) - Matching Quizzes
recumbent 
1
 | diligent; hardworking; persevering and constant in effort or application |
| reclining; lying down completely or in part |
| school, especially a theological school for training of priests, ministers, or rabbis; school of higher education, especially for girls |
| be placed in or take the room of; replace; make obsolete; make void or useless by superior power |
riveting
2
| honor or esteem; admire; aspect; detail or point |
| wholly absorbing one's attention |
| below threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response |
| insulate against noise; impermeable to noise |
sacrosanct
3
| diligent; hardworking; persevering and constant in effort or application |
| glutinous; adhesive; covered with an adhesive agent; humid; stiff |
| elastic; difficult to chew; having a texture resembling rubber |
| regarded as sacred and inviolable |
sanctimonious
4
| be placed in or take the room of; replace; make obsolete; make void or useless by superior power |
| excessively or hypocritically pious; possessing sanctity; sacred; holy; saintly; religious |
| extend; pull in opposite directions; lie down comfortably |
| dock; landing place; reinforced bank where ships are loaded or unloaded |
scabbard
5
| extend; pull in opposite directions; lie down comfortably |
| burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot |
| excessively or hypocritically pious; possessing sanctity; sacred; holy; saintly; religious |
| case for sword blade; sheath |
sprawl
6
| burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot |
| extend; stretch; spread; sit or lie with the body and limbs spread out awkwardly |
| isolate; separate; keep away from others |
| be placed in or take the room of; replace; make obsolete; make void or useless by superior power |
squalor
7
| grow worse; cause persistent irritation or resentment |
| honor or esteem; admire; aspect; detail or point |
| filthy and wretched condition or quality; dirty or neglected state |
| feel bitter; consider as injury or affront; be in angry |
stalwart
8
| regarded as sacred and inviolable |
| marked by imposing physical strength; firmly built; firm and resolute |
| glutinous; adhesive; covered with an adhesive agent; humid; stiff |
| below threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response |
sticky
9
| of very poor quality or condition; loose-jointed; ill-made; out of gear or repair |
| stiff and artificially formal; inflated |
| dock; landing place; reinforced bank where ships are loaded or unloaded |
| glutinous; adhesive; covered with an adhesive agent; humid; stiff |
stilted
10
| stiff and artificially formal; inflated |
| vigorously active; active, as in leaping or running |
| having parallel lines or grooves on surface |
| of very poor quality or condition; loose-jointed; ill-made; out of gear or repair |