3500 ACT Vocabulary
3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (4) - Matching Quizzes
daunt 
1
 | frighten; abate the courage of; discourage |
| rule or exercise power in cruel; rule over or control arbitrarily |
| distress; uneasiness; mental or bodily distress |
| dig ground, as with spade; search deeply and laboriously |
deadly
2
| enthusiastic follower; one who is devoted or self-dedicated to a cause or practice |
| fatal; lethal; causing or tending to cause death |
| excellence or eminence; note or mark of difference |
| dead; no longer in use or existence |
debonair
3
| friendly; of good appearance and manners; graceful |
| cut into small parts; withdraw or exclude from membership, as of a society or body |
| frighten; abate the courage of; discourage |
| great flood; heavy downpour; any overflowing of water |
decimate
4
| loose bands of; set free; disunite; scatter |
| frighten; abate the courage of; discourage |
| destroy or kill a large part of; select by lot and kill one in every ten of |
| tending to depart from main point or cover a wide range of subjects |
deify
5
| difference; condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or degree |
| extremely poor; utterly lacking; devoid |
| formal essay; paper written by candidate for doctoral degree at university |
| turn into a god; idolize or idealize; worship or revere as a god |
desolate
6
| destroy courage or resolution by exciting dread; cause to lose enthusiasm |
| withdrawing support or help; act of abandoning something to which one is bound by allegiance or duty; failure in duty |
| unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants |
| lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle |
destitute
7
| extremely poor; utterly lacking; devoid |
| difference; condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or degree |
| standstill resulting from opposition of two forces or factions; stalemate |
| dig ground, as with spade; search deeply and laboriously |
devotee
8
| distract; withdraw money and move into a different location |
| enthusiastic follower; one who is devoted or self-dedicated to a cause or practice |
| having lost all hope; dangerous; extremely intense |
| unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants |
dilate
9
| friendly; of good appearance and manners; graceful |
| frighten; abate the courage of; discourage |
| make wider or larger; cause to expand; enlarge; widen |
| lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle |
disband
10
| excellence or eminence; note or mark of difference |
| loose bands of; set free; disunite; scatter |
| unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants |
| event that will inevitably happen in the future |