3500 ACT Vocabulary
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (11) - Matching Quizzes
quietude 
1
 | almost no; very little; deliberate discourtesy |
| flavoring; spice; act of adding a seasoning to food |
| tranquility; state of peace and quiet |
| talking to oneself; act of a character speaking to himself so as to reveal his thoughts to audience |
raucous
2
| talking to oneself; act of a character speaking to himself so as to reveal his thoughts to audience |
| elastic; difficult to chew; having a texture resembling rubber |
| harsh and rough-sounding; disturbing public peace; loud and rough |
| stroll slowly; walk at a leisurely pace |
recoil
3
| enlist; register formally as a participant; engage for military service |
| relating to religious faction or subgroup; narrow-minded; limited |
| drawback, as with fear or pain ; spring back |
| four-sided polygon; having four sides |
refract
4
| recollection; process of remembering |
| almost no; very little; deliberate discourtesy |
| aid; assist and deliver from suffering; relieve |
| deflect sound or light from straight path ; alter by viewing through medium |
relent
5
| separate the fibers or threads of; clarify by separating the aspects of |
| excessively greedy; predatory; taking by force; plundering |
| give in; become more compassionate or forgiving; cause to soften in attitude or temper |
| pass gradually or leak through, as if through small openings |
restive
6
| impatient under restraint or opposition; resisting control; difficult to control |
| half asleep; inclined to drowsiness; tending to induce sleep |
| necessary requirement; indispensable item |
| separate the fibers or threads of; clarify by separating the aspects of |
retroactive
7
| make a pretence of; reproduce someone's behavior or looks |
| extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to prior conditions |
| aid; assist and deliver from suffering; relieve |
| quiet or bring under control by physical force or persuasion; make less intense; tone down |
saunter
8
| draw or describe briefly; give the main points; summary of |
| elastic; difficult to chew; having a texture resembling rubber |
| stroll slowly; walk at a leisurely pace |
| separate the fibers or threads of; clarify by separating the aspects of |
seasoning
9
| extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to prior conditions |
| deflect sound or light from straight path ; alter by viewing through medium |
| flavoring; spice; act of adding a seasoning to food |
| give in; become more compassionate or forgiving; cause to soften in attitude or temper |
skepticism
10
| draw or describe briefly; give the main points; summary of |
| talking to oneself; act of a character speaking to himself so as to reveal his thoughts to audience |
| doubt about the truth of something; doubting or questioning attitude or state of mind |
| drawback, as with fear or pain ; spring back |