3500 ACT Vocabulary
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (12) - Matching Quizzes
tempestuous 
1
 | (عاصفة) very stormy; turbulent; rough with wind; impassioned; violent |
| (شفافة) easily detected; permitting light to pass through freely |
| (overtire weaverbird) finch-like colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests |
| (الطوباوية) idealistic but usually impractical social reformer |
tenderness
2
| (غير مستغلة الترقية) raise to a higher grade or standard; advance |
| (غريب) determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious |
| (عاصفة) very stormy; turbulent; rough with wind; impassioned; violent |
| (الرقة) gentleness; softness; affection; tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings |
thatch
3
| (مرعبة القش) house roof made with a plant material |
| (الرقة) gentleness; softness; affection; tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings |
| (مقبب) having a hemispherical vault or dome |
| (تعثر) fall down, as if collapsing |
toady
4
| (متملقا) person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; yes man |
| (الطوباوية) idealistic but usually impractical social reformer |
| (التنازل) give up temporarily; yield; give up voluntarily; defer |
| (بمادة) frightening or intimidating; of a formidable nature; terrific |
torrid
5
| (نسيج) rough surface quality; structure of interwoven fibers or other elements; feel of a surface or a fabric |
| (عطلات) leisure time away from work; act of making something legally void |
| (صاخبة) characterized by loud, confused noise, or by noisy and uncontrollable laughter |
| (حار) passionate; hot or scorching; hurried or rapid |
treason
6
| (غربلة) blow away; separate good parts from bad; sort or select desirable; extract |
| (الخيانة) disloyalty; betrayal of trust or confidence |
| (فطم) gradually deprive infants of mother's milk; detach affections of |
| (متعرج) marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; not straightforward; circuitous |
unearth
7
| (كشف) bring up out of earth; dig up; bring to public notice; uncover |
| (احباط) hinder or prevent of ; frustrate |
| (دون قصد) not intended; not knowing; unaware; ignorant |
| (لا يسبر غوره) strip a priest or minister of church authority; remove from status as member of clergy |
upgrade
8
| (غير مستغلة الترقية) raise to a higher grade or standard; advance |
| (بمادة) frightening or intimidating; of a formidable nature; terrific |
| (مزوح) witty, jocular, like a wag; humorous; tricky |
| (مرعبة القش) house roof made with a plant material |
versatile
9
| (تنوعا) having many talents; capable of working in many fields |
| (الوشل) flow in drops; run or flow slowly; drip |
| (متعرج) enthusiastic; filled with or motivated by zeal |
| (الوصاية) capacity of guardian; guardianship; capacity or activity of tutor; instruction or teaching |
vilify
10
| (مزوح) witty, jocular, like a wag; humorous; tricky |
| (لا يسبر غوره) strip a priest or minister of church authority; remove from status as member of clergy |
| (ذم) debase; degrade; spread negative information about |
| (overtire weaverbird) finch-like colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests |