3500 ACT Vocabulary
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (1) - Matching Quizzes
abolition 
1
 | easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with |
| ending; act of abolishing; act of doing away with |
| fastened together; joined by wall, especially by sharing a wall with another building; not freestanding |
| preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background |
accommodate
2
| make shorter; reduce to shorter form intended to represent full form, as for word or phrase |
| do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for |
| consisting of, relating to, or being in water |
| bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone |
accusation
3
| keeping away from or preventing from happening |
| accustom or become accustomed to a new environment or situation; adapt |
| indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party |
| consisting of, relating to, or being in water |
actuate
4
| put into motion or action; activate |
| in a competent capable manner; in an apt or suitable manner |
| fear of heights; abnormal fear of high places |
| inform; give notice to; make aware |
aggravating
5
| irritating; annoying; making worse or more heinous |
| ending; act of abolishing; act of doing away with |
| assault; attack with or as if with violent blows |
| cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune |
agnostic
6
| fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold |
| washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite |
| one who is skeptical of existence of a god or any ultimate reality |
| self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent |
amalgamate
7
| herald; give out; proclaim; make known publicly |
| combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury |
| large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept |
| assault; attack with or as if with violent blows |
aphorism
8
| definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion |
| make shorter; reduce to shorter form intended to represent full form, as for word or phrase |
| convenient features; courtesies |
| cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune |
apostate
9
| one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs |
| make shorter; reduce to shorter form intended to represent full form, as for word or phrase |
| having life or vigor or spirit; filled with activity; in form of cartoon |
| self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent |
apotheosis
10
| assault; attack with or as if with violent blows |
| bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone |
| elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something |
| lawyer; one who is appointed by another to act in his place or stead; proxy |