ESL ACT Vocabulary
ACT Vocabularies: 3500 Words Words for ESL
SAT Vocabularies: 3000 Words 500 Hard Words 500 Essay Words
Group (2) - Matching Quizzes
daring 
1
 | dangerous; reckless; daring; inclined to run risks |
| decide upon and express in words |
| bold; brave |
| a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them |
deform
2
| a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir |
| conducive to good health of body or mind |
| become larger in size or volume; grow stronger; add details |
| change shape by stress; become misshapen; make formless |
deliberate
3
| a renovation that improves the outward appearance; plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face |
| allusion; clue; brief or indirect suggestion |
| concerned with or characterized by rigorous or adherence to recognized forms |
| consider; think about carefully; weigh |
democracy
4
| a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them |
| carve or cut into a block or surface, as used for printing; impress deeply as if by carving |
| different; unlike |
| conversation |
dismember
5
| any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era |
| a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines |
| cut into small parts; withdraw or exclude from membership, as of a society or body |
| announcement; explicit statement; formal public statement |
elusive
6
| cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; pull along; haul; drag |
| dedicate; contribute |
| difficult to describe; difficult to detect or grasp by mind |
| anything that contributes causally to a result; element; variable |
employer
7
| a person or firm that employs workers |
| consider; think about carefully; weigh |
| biologist who studies relation between organisms and their environment |
| a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir |
engrave
8
| announcement; explicit statement; formal public statement |
| carve or cut into a block or surface, as used for printing; impress deeply as if by carving |
| bold; brave |
| branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies |
facelift
9
| a renovation that improves the outward appearance; plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face |
| a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir |
| deny; take away |
| assiduous; industrious; hard-working |
fascination
10
| destroy courage or resolution by exciting dread; cause to lose enthusiasm |
| become larger in size or volume; grow stronger; add details |
| capacity to attract intense interest |
| agitation; chemical phenomenon in which an organic molecule splits into simpler substances |