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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.


approach   Speak
n. Syn. access; method
access; method
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aspiration   Speak
n. Syn. ambition; longing
ambition; longing
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coil   Speak
n. Syn. ring; roll
a series of connected spirals or concentric rings formed by gathering or winding; spiral pipe or series of spiral pipes
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contention   Speak
n. Syn. controversy
competing as for profit or prize
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converge   Speak
v. Syn. approach
approach; tend to meet; come together
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cornet   Speak
n.
a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone
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iceberg
identify
ideological
illumination
illusive
imagery
impediment
impending
import
impose
impracticality
imprisonment
improvise
impulse
incidentally
incise
incorporate
incorporation
incredulous
incur
indenture
indigestion
indignant
individualism
inducible
industrialization
industrious
infancy
infectious
infer
inflation
influenza
informal
infusion
ingenious
inheritance
initiate
injury
innumerable
insistence
instinctively
institute
institutionalize
intellect
intelligence
intentionally
interaction
interactive
interest
intersect
interstellar
intimacy
intricate
intrigue
intriguing
invariably
inventory
invertebrate
inviting
ion
irregular
jellyfish
jewelry
judgement
jumble
junction
jurisdiction
jury
justify
juxtaposition
keen
kernel
keyboard
knapsack
laborious
lace
lag
lampshade
landmass
lateral
launch
league
legume
leisure
lethal
lettuce
liable
libel
lift
limb
lineage
linger
lively
livestock
load
lobby
lobster
locomote
lodging
longitude
loom
loop
lull
lure
magic
magical
magnesium
magnetic
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acclaim  SpeakSentences and Contexts
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a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
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applaud; announce with great approval
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cell; compartment; room
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combine; fuse; grow together; come together so as to form one whole; unite
amend  SpeakSentences and Contexts
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change for the better; improve; remove faults or errors
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brief and compact; expressing much in few words
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cause or condition of pain, suffering, or distress
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destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
annihilate  SpeakSentences and Contexts
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confusion of activity and gossip; sound of rapid vibration
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cell; compartment; room
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destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
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about; roughly
aquatic  SpeakSentences and Contexts
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curving outward; having surface that bulges outward, as the exterior of sphere
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applaud; announce with great approval
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consisting of, relating to, or being in water
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assigning to a class or category
asphyxiate  SpeakSentences and Contexts
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demand for something as rightful or due
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deprive of oxygen to the extent of producing death or very serious symptoms; suffocate
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change for the better; improve; remove faults or errors
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cellar; storage room
assault  SpeakSentences and Contexts
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able to pay for
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curving outward; having surface that bulges outward, as the exterior of sphere
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attack; onslaught
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complication
assemblage  SpeakSentences and Contexts
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cause or condition of pain, suffering, or distress
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configuration; outline
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a group of persons together in one place
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assigning to a class or category
assess  SpeakSentences and Contexts
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assigning to a class or category
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considerate and thoughtful act
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estimate value; judge worth of something
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combine; mix; constitute; pay interest; increase
baroque  SpeakSentences and Contexts
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a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
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complex or bizarre, especially in ornamentation; irregular in shape
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arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured
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curator; guardian
celebrity  SpeakSentences and Contexts
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a widely known person
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about; roughly
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break into simpler molecules by means of heat; split; hit forcefully; pass through
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congest; jam
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v. Syn. applaud
applaud; announce with great approval


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n. Syn. achievement; fulfillment
achievement; fulfillment


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n. Syn. anxiety; disturbance
anxiety; extreme emotional disturbance


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a. Syn. apart; distant
apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote


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v. Syn. correct; improve
change for the better; improve; remove faults or errors


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v.
be present at; go to; take care of; tend


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n.
conductor of a band


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n. Syn. welfare; gain
advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain


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a. Syn. cold; cheerless
cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable


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n. Syn. bonanza; prosperity
bonanza; prosperity; prosper; expand; flourish


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