3500 ACT Vocabulary
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (4) - Matching Quizzes
debauch 
1
 | turn aside, especially from main subject in writing or speaking |
| distribute; spread; scatter like seeds |
| corrupt; seduce from virtue |
| causing gloom or depression; dreary; somber; melancholy |
deceive
2
| fool; cause to believe what is not true; mislead |
| modest and reserved in manner or behavior |
| turn aside, especially from main subject in writing or speaking |
| fearful or distasteful anticipation; terror; horror |
declaim
3
| differing; tending to move apart in different directions |
| final; complete; precisely defined or explicit |
| turn aside, especially from main subject in writing or speaking |
| speak loudly and vehemently; make formal speech |
definitive
4
| feeling of dissatisfaction |
| destroy courage or resolution by exciting dread; cause to lose enthusiasm |
| formal, lengthy discussion of a subject; verbal exchange; conversation |
| final; complete; precisely defined or explicit |
deity
5
| tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler; eastern Orthodox bishop |
| extremely poor; utterly lacking; devoid |
| go ashore from ship; unload cargo from ship; leave a vehicle or aircraft |
| god; divinity; supernatural things |
denouement
6
| plundering; destructive action; predatory attack; damage or loss |
| take off; remove; tip or remove one's hat in salutation; put aside; discard |
| outcome; final resolution or clarification of dramatic or narrative plot |
| house-hold; of or relating to the home ; within the country or home |
disappointment
7
| feeling of dissatisfaction |
| fix the boundaries of; mark off and separate; set bounds to; decide conclusively and authoritatively |
| scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops |
| swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure |
discourse
8
| dissatisfied; restlessly unhappy; uneasy in mind |
| discord; disagreeable sounds; harsh, disagreeable combination of sounds |
| formal, lengthy discussion of a subject; verbal exchange; conversation |
| final; complete; precisely defined or explicit |
dispense
9
| plundering; destructive action; predatory attack; damage or loss |
| distribute; prepare and give out; deal out in parts or portions |
| feeling of dissatisfaction |
| formal, lengthy discussion of a subject; verbal exchange; conversation |
distend
10
| inadequacy or insufficiency; sum of money falls short of required amount; shortage |
| swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure |
| enthusiastic follower; one who is devoted or self-dedicated to a cause or practice |
| god; divinity; supernatural things |