3500 ACT Vocabulary
ACT Vocabularies: 3500 Words Words for ESL
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (1) - Matching Quizzes
ablution 
1
 | washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite |
| inform; give notice to; make aware |
| characteristic of dawn; dawning, eastern, like new beginning; relating to the atmospheric phenomenon auroras |
| dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants |
abut
2
| bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad |
| increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation |
| fit for growing crops, as by plowing |
| border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent |
abysmal
3
| natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage |
| agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede |
| bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad |
| bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone |
acclivity
4
| upward slope, as of hill |
| being in debt; unpaid, overdue debt or an unfulfilled obligation |
| bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone |
| subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity |
acerbity
5
| characteristic of dawn; dawning, eastern, like new beginning; relating to the atmospheric phenomenon auroras |
| bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone |
| sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate |
| approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request |
acoustics
6
| science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in |
| natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage |
| flexible; becoming or being made suitable to particular situation or use |
| increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation |
advocacy
7
| support; active pleading on behalf of something |
| washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite |
| items of business at a meeting; list or program of things to be done or considered |
| increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation |
amphitheater
8
| fastened together; joined by wall, especially by sharing a wall with another building; not freestanding |
| oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena |
| into separate parts or pieces; apart |
| durable goods for home or office use; device or instrument for household use |
annotate
9
| fear of heights; abnormal fear of high places |
| attach; add as supplement or appendix |
| sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate |
| comment; make explanatory notes |
announce
10
| sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate |
| fastened together; joined by wall, especially by sharing a wall with another building; not freestanding |
| herald; give out; proclaim; make known publicly |
| event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; sudden, and unexpected event |