Test sheet for ACT Vocabulary Test Online

abhor

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

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avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
form, plan, or arrange in the mind; transmit or give by will
fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
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breadth

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n. E.g. We were impressed by the breadth of her knowledge.

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study of origin and nature of ideas
measure or dimension from side to side; width; extent
limited quantity; small or moderate amount; any small thing
highest point; vertex; summit; climax
facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust
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consternation

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n. E.g. One would never think that a hunter would display such consternation when a bear closed to camp.

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minor quarrel; noisy quarrel, usually about a trivial matter
group of closely located islands
rebuke; punishment or retribution that one deserves; outcome which is justly deserved
intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
act of awaking from sleep; arousing from what is like sleep
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delude

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v. E.g. His mistress may delude herself into believing that he would leave his wife and marry her.

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soil, smear so as to make dirty or stained
list each one; mention one by one
deceive mind or judgment of; lead from truth or into error; frustrate or disappoint
offer illicit sex with third party; tempt with or appeal to improper motivations
duplicate, copy, reproduce, or repeat; fold over or bend back
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expletive

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n. E.g. What drives the usage of 'God', 'Jesus', and 'Jesus Christ' as a common expletive, is heard on all sides?

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production by gradual process; act of working out with great care in detail
one derived from another; offspring or descendant; result of creative effort, as product
interjection; word or phrase having no independent meaning; expression usually of surprise or anger
filthy and wretched condition or quality; dirty or neglected state
talking to oneself; act of a character speaking to himself so as to reveal his thoughts to audience
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hulking

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a. E.g. Despite his hulking build, the heavyweight boxing champion was surprisingly light on his feet.

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lacking variety or excitement; monotonous
careful about money; economical
massive; bulky; great in size
sweet sounding; pleasing to ear; melodious
fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
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kaleidoscope

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n. E.g. People found a new source of entertainment while peering through the kaleidoscope; they found the ever-changing patterns fascinating.

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offensive or insulting treatment
innocent girl or young woman; actress who plays such parts
scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
tube in which patterns made by reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass; produce interesting symmetrical effects
sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
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luster

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n. E.g. The soft luster of the silk in the dim light was pleasing.

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shine, polish or sparkle; soft reflected light
deep disgrace; shame or dishonor
extinct flying reptiles that existed during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods
downward slope, as of a hill
decree ,especially issued by a sovereign; official command
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parochial

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a. E.g. Although Jane Austen sets her novels in small rural communities, her concerns are universal, not parochial,.

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narrow in outlook; related to local church community
stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid
very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren
extremely poisonous; hostile; bitter
having no justification; groundless; not guaranteed to be good, sound, or of a certain quality
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rapacious

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a. E.g. The ruins of the resort are now covered in rapacious island vegetation creeping in from the jungle.

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excessively greedy; predatory; taking by force; plundering
not thorough, constant or consistent; by chance
gay in manner, appearance, or action; easy and carefree
behaving like slave; subordinate in capacity or function
periodic; on and off; stopping and starting at intervals
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subterfuge

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n. E.g. As soon as we realized that you had won our support by a subterfuge, we withdrew our endorsement of your candidacy.

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pretense; something intended to misrepresent
necessary requirement; indispensable item
intruder; one that interferes with affairs of others, often for selfish reasons
state of alarm or dread; nervous apprehension; involuntary trembling or quivering
opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
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wean

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v. E.g. He decided he would wean himself away from eating junk food and stick to fruits and vegetables.

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imply or require; cause to ensue or accrue; cut or carve in ornamental way
prevent by taking action in advance
stop short and refuse to go on; refuse obstinately or abruptly
gradually deprive infants of mother's milk; detach affections of
settle accounts to pay them off; clear up
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