3500 ACT Vocabulary
3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (9) - Matching Quizzes
nadir 
1
 | lowest point; point on sphere opposites zenith diametrically |
| force; bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; do a service or favor for |
| harmful to living things; injurious to health |
| having total knowledge; knowing everything |
nomenclature
2
| person regarded as stupid or awkward |
| slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery |
| terminology; system of names used in an art or science |
| burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
nonentity
3
| lack of sophistication, experience, judgment or worldliness; simplicity; artlessness; gullibility |
| garden; area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees |
| person of no importance; something that does not exist or that exists only in imagination |
| disagreeable and contrary in disposition; mean or coarse |
notoriety
4
| relating to marriage or wedding ceremony |
| nourishing substance; source of nourishment, especially nourishing ingredient in a food |
| especially; in a notable manner; remarkably; particularly |
| known for some unfavorable act or quality; bad or ill fame |
numismatist
5
| put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown |
| act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie; written promise to repay a debt |
| one who believes traditional beliefs to be groundless and existence meaningless; absolute skeptic |
| collector and student of money, in particular of coins |
obligation
6
| in notorious manner; ; publicly; openly; plainly |
| having an opponent; averse of |
| act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie; written promise to repay a debt |
| so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may be easily disregarded |
oblige
7
| in notorious manner; ; publicly; openly; plainly |
| garden; area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees |
| force; bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; do a service or favor for |
| failure to conform; lack of harmony or correspondence |
occupy
8
| burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity |
| heavily burden; tax in excess of what is considered appropriate or just; tax too heavily |
| garden; area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees |
| inhabit; live in a certain place; be present in; be inside of |
omniscient
9
| having total knowledge; knowing everything |
| general; comprehensive; from one end to the other; including everything |
| burdensome or oppressive; not easily borne; wearing |
| slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery |
oracular
10
| leading a wandering life with no fixed abode; changeable; unsettled |
| prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous |
| having an opponent; averse of |
| disagreeable and contrary in disposition; mean or coarse |