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ACT Vocabulary for ESL Students

Globalization leads USA universities are accepting more and more foreign students. ACT test is one option for them to apply for admission. For ESL (English as Second Language) students, ACT test is much more difficult than for USA high school students. They will face tougher contents and challenge harder preparation, so they need more resources.

Students have many tasks to prepare ACT test. In general, building vocabulary is the top one, because vocabulary is the foundation of all English-related test sections, like reading and writing. Most of ACT test takers have to spend much time to learn new words and review known words. It isn't an easy job for them. As for ESL students, it becomes much heavier.

In addition to normal ACT vocabularies, ESL students have to learn some extra words. Because ESL students live in non-English language circumstances; their English skills completely come from various textbooks. For example, 'basement' is a very common word in America, but foreign students may didn't hear this word yet. If they prepare ACT by normal vocabularies, more or less some common words will be missed.

ESL ACT Vocabulary is compiled for non-English speakers to cover the gap. Basically, words in this list aren't very difficult, but they are likely used on ACT test papers and confuse the foreign test takers. These words are usually ignored by mainstream ACT vocabularies because of simple or common. To help ESL students study by mother language, this list includes definitions in 20 languages.

Last but not least, ESL students are supposed to choose a common vocabulary, like 3500 ACT Vocabulary, as the base to build own ACT vocabulary. This list, ESL ACT Vocabulary, is only an additional list to fix vocabulary leak of ESL students.

3500 ACT Vocabulary

Building ACT vocabulary is a tough task, especially for ESL students. Set your goal and choose your way both aren't easy job, you should get authoritative information as more as possible. ACT Official Website is a right place to help you out.


affirm   Speak
v. Syn. assert; confirm
assert; confirm
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astonished   Speak
a.
amazed; surprised
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blame   Speak
v. Syn. condemn; rebuke
condemn; rebuke; find fault with; censure
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bronze   Speak
n.
an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements
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collective   Speak
a. Syn. common
common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
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compete   Speak
v. Syn. vie; contest; fight
contest; fight
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Words of List 2 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
daisy
daring
dazzling
debtor
decay
deception
deck
declaration
decline
decompose
decomposition
decorate
decoration
defect
defer
definition
deform
deformation
delay
delectable
delegate
deliberate
delta
democracy
demolition
denomination
denounce
dent
dentist
dentistry
departure
deplete
depositor
depot
depreciation
deprive
derivative
descent
desert
deserve
desire
despoil
dessert
destine
destructive
detectable
detergent
deteriorate
detrimental
devastating
devastation
devious
devoid
devote
devour
diagnose
dialogue
dietary
dietitian
diffusion
digest
diligent
diligently
dime
dinosaur
dioxide
disapproval
disaster
discern
discharge
disconnect
discontent
discourage
discouraging
dismay
dismember
dispatch
displacement
dispute
dissimilar
distinct
distinctly
distinguish
distribution
divergence
divergent
diverse
diversion
division
documentation
dogged
dogma
domesticate
dormitory
doubt
downtown
draw
drawer
drawing
drill
dwarf
dweller
dye
dynamics
eager
earthenware
eccentric
eclectic
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ancestral  SpeakSentences and Contexts
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be moist or glutinous; stick or adhere; produce or cause to clang
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desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking
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inherited or inheritable by established rules
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component or part; citizen, voter
appreciate  SpeakSentences and Contexts
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component or part; citizen, voter
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be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of
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capable; adept
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an aggressive willingness to compete
ascending  SpeakSentences and Contexts
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climbing; rising
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ambitious; enthusiastic
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assign the roles of; choose at random
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act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration
aspiring  SpeakSentences and Contexts
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complication
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ambitious; enthusiastic
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act of showing regard for others; courteous behavior; politeness; citizenship
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a bowl-shaped opening at the top of a volcano
barren  SpeakSentences and Contexts
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corporation made up of different companies in diversified fields; composing of heterogeneous elements gathered into a mass
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desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking
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contestant you hope to defeat
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act of showing regard for others; courteous behavior; politeness; citizenship
beleaguer  SpeakSentences and Contexts
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besiege or attack; harass; surround with troops
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clothing; dress
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additional proof that something that was believed
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any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones
boon  SpeakSentences and Contexts
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any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones
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a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity;
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blessing; benefit bestowed, especially in response to a request
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form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way
cast  SpeakSentences and Contexts
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closely and firmly united or packed together; briefly giving gist of something
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assign the roles of; choose at random
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contentious speech act; argument
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be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of
classification  SpeakSentences and Contexts
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contestant you hope to defeat
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be earlier in time; go back further
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assigning to a class or category
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inherited or inheritable by established rules
coinage  SpeakSentences and Contexts
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closely and firmly united or packed together; briefly giving gist of something
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be moist or glutinous; stick or adhere; produce or cause to clang
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coins collectively
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inherited or inheritable by established rules
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n. Syn. capacity; skill
capacity; skill


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n. Syn. arrival
coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important


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a. Syn. aloft
aloft; flying; in the air


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inherited or inheritable by established rules


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be earlier in time; go back further


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v. Syn. acquire; allocate
acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use


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v. Syn. harass
besiege or attack; harass; surround with troops


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v.
become rosy or reddish; turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame


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a. Syn. infinite; vast
being without boundaries or limits; infinite; vast


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n.
narrow chasm with steep cliff walls, cut into the earth by running water; a gorge


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