Quick quiz for 1200 ACT Words in 30 Days:- Day 1

Quick Quiz - Dummy Data

(To get and save your study data, please sign on.)

abate

(1)

v. E.g. Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to abate.

Select answer:
imply or require; cause to ensue or accrue; cut or carve in ornamental way
determine votes; examine carefully or discuss thoroughly; scrutinize
leave to someone by a will; hand down
subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
Don't select.

aberrant

(2)

n. E.g. Given the aberrant nature of the data, we doubted the validity of the entire experiment.

Select answer:
very small portion or allowance assigned, whether of food or money
person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
abnormal; markedly different from an accepted norm
coarse food for cattle or horses
suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
Don't select.

abeyance

(3)

n. E.g. The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival.

Select answer:
annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
song for two or three unaccompanied voices; short poem, often about love, suitable for being set to music
reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner
suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
act of coming or going out; emergence; right to leave; path or opening for going out
Don't select.

abhor

(4)

v. E.g. One of the things I abhor is the threat to withhold aid.

Select answer:
increase severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
appease or pacify; bring peace to
quick forward dive or reach; thrust
destroy or kill a large part of; select by lot and kill one in every ten of
fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
Don't select.

abolish

(5)

v. E.g. In a letter to the British government, the EU has demanded that Britain abolish laws protecting religious freedom rights with regards to "sexual orientation."

Select answer:
cancel; put an end to; destroy completely
deceive mind or judgment of; lead from truth or into error; frustrate or disappoint
form, plan, or arrange in the mind; transmit or give by will
make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
rid or deprive of inhabitants; lay waste; devastate
Don't select.