3500 ACT Vocabulary
| 3500 ACT Vocabulary | Introduction |
| Group (9) - Matching Quizzes |    |
nadir 
1
 | (Надир) lowest point; point on sphere opposites zenith diametrically |
| (окостенеть) change or form into bone; become set in a rigidly conventional pattern; change from soft tissue to hard bony tissue |
| (откровенным) given to expressing yourself freely or insistently |
| (перегнать) exceed or surpass; leave behind |
neutral
2
| (тупого) lacking in insight or discernment; stupid |
| (нейтральной) impartial; not supporting one side over another |
| (Nostrum) patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable; quack medicine |
| (отрицать) cancel out; make ineffective or invalid; deny |
noisome
3
| (вредный) foul-smelling; offensive by arousing disgust; harmful or dangerous |
| (невербальных) involving little use of language; lacking verbal skill |
| (новорожденных) newborn infant, especially one less than four weeks old |
| (нигилист) one who believes traditional beliefs to be groundless and existence meaningless; absolute skeptic |
nonconformist
4
| (нонконформистов) one who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct; not conforming to some norm; unconventional |
| (свадебный) relating to marriage or wedding ceremony |
| (ожирение) extremely fat; grossly overweight |
| (нейтронов) elementary particle with 0 charge and mass about equal to a proton |
obtrude
5
| (навязывать) push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude |
| (новорожденных) newborn infant, especially one less than four weeks old |
| (Надир) lowest point; point on sphere opposites zenith diametrically |
| (ностальгия) homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past. |
obviate
6
| (перевешивают) go beyond; surpass; exceed |
| (Nostrum) patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable; quack medicine |
| (устранить) bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of |
| (питательных) nourishing substance; source of nourishment, especially nourishing ingredient in a food |
odorous
7
| (богатство) extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance |
| (пахучих) having distinctive odor; emitting an odor; sweet of scent; fragrant |
| (пророческий) prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous |
| (возмущение) act of extreme violence or viciousness; offense |
oracular
8
| (непрозрачной) impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster |
| (богато) excessively or elaborately decorated; flashy, showy, or florid in style or manner |
| (пророческий) prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous |
| (тонкости) precision; subtle difference in meaning, opinion, or attitude |
orator
9
| (перенапрягать) heavily burden; tax in excess of what is considered appropriate or just; tax too heavily |
| (обязать) force; bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; do a service or favor for |
| (оратор) skilled public speaker; person who pronounces discourse publicly on some special occasion, as pleader or lawyer |
| (навязывать) push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude |
ossify
10
| (наивность) lack of sophistication, experience, judgment or worldliness; simplicity; artlessness; gullibility |
| (перегнать) exceed or surpass; leave behind |
| (окостенеть) change or form into bone; become set in a rigidly conventional pattern; change from soft tissue to hard bony tissue |
| (некромантия) belief in magical spells to produce unnatural effects; practice of supposedly communicating with spirits of dead ones to predict future |