3500 ACT Vocabulary
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (3) - Matching Quizzes
cadaverous 
1
 | like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body |
| combine; fuse; grow together; come together so as to form one whole; unite |
| loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound |
| yielding to another; ceding or surrendering |
campaign
2
| self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity |
| battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end |
| in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move |
| criticise for petty or frivolous reasons; raise trivial objections |
canny
3
| having pleasing or useful qualities; gentle; knowing; cautious; cunning; shrewd |
| having the ability required for a specific task |
| person with prejudiced belief in superiority of own kind |
| state of being certain; complete assurance; confidence |
canto
4
| festivity; traveling amusement show usually including rides, games, and sideshows |
| faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives |
| disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass |
| part or division of poem of some length |
casual
5
| in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move |
| self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity |
| hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger |
| informal; purposeless; occurring by chance |
certitude
6
| criticise for petty or frivolous reasons; raise trivial objections |
| grieve; express sympathy; speak sympathetically to one in pain, grief, or misfortune |
| unmarried; abstaining from sexual intercourse |
| state of being certain; complete assurance; confidence |
chauvinist
7
| like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body |
| person with prejudiced belief in superiority of own kind |
| reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit |
| intended to confuse in an argument |
chicanery
8
| trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others |
| mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry |
| story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus |
| trivial or worthless matter; thin dry bracts or scales, especially |
clan
9
| grieve; express sympathy; speak sympathetically to one in pain, grief, or misfortune |
| place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion; secluded, quiet place |
| artificial channel for water; sewer or drain crossing under road |
| faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives |
clangor
10
| yielding to another; ceding or surrendering |
| loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound |
| intended to confuse in an argument |
| place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion; secluded, quiet place |