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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

Some students are looking for ACT vocabulary ebook, but we didn't publish ebook of this vocabulary. Two SAT vocabulary ebooks may be considered instead:

SAT 1200 Words in 30 Days (basic level)
Available at:
Apple iBook, Google Books, Amazon Kindle, and others...

SAT 4000 Words (basic,middle, and high level)
Available at:
Amazon Kindle -USA, and others...

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.


additive   Speak
n. Syn. addition; supplement
addition; supplement
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advent   Speak
n. Syn. arrival
coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
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analogous   Speak
a. Syn. comparable
comparable; similar or alike
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cohesive   Speak
a.
cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
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collective   Speak
a. Syn. common
common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
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confluence   Speak
n. Syn. conflux; throng
act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
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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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academician  SpeakSentences and Contexts
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a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation
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applaud; announce with great approval
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break into small pieces; cause to fall in pieces
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act of constructing or building something
acclaim  SpeakSentences and Contexts
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applaud; announce with great approval
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channel used to conduct gas or liquid around another pipe or a fixture; conductor having low resistance in parallel
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care; being attentive to possible danger
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comfortable; relaxing
anticipate  SpeakSentences and Contexts
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act in advance of; deal with ahead of time; predict
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act or state of attending or heeding; application of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or thought
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clump; cluster; gathering
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considerate and thoughtful act
atom  SpeakSentences and Contexts
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brevity; terseness and economy in writing and speaking
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clump; cluster; gathering
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a tiny piece of anything; the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
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break into small pieces; cause to fall in pieces
behavior  SpeakSentences and Contexts
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act in advance of; deal with ahead of time; predict
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any object that can be used to hold things
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a tiny piece of anything; the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
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conduct; manner
clam  SpeakSentences and Contexts
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act in advance of; deal with ahead of time; predict
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change; transformation
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be moist or glutinous; stick or adhere; produce or cause to clang
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dedicated; devoted
committed  SpeakSentences and Contexts
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alliance
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certificate; warrant
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dedicated; devoted
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demand for something as rightful or due
compaction  SpeakSentences and Contexts
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break into simpler molecules by means of heat; split; hit forcefully; pass through
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arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services; money available for a client to borrow
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demand for something as rightful or due
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an increase in the density of something
compound  SpeakSentences and Contexts
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alliance
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combine; mix; constitute; pay interest; increase
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act of decreasing something in size or volume or quantity or scope
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dedicated; devoted
consideration  SpeakSentences and Contexts
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considerate and thoughtful act
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contentious speech act; argument
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brief and compact; expressing much in few words
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alliance
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v. Syn. clap; acclaim
acclaim; express approval, especially by clapping the hands


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v. Syn. admire; value
be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of


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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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n. Syn. aide; servant
aide; servant; accompanying; person who participates in a meeting


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n. Syn. affinity; appeal
appeal; a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts


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


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n.
beverage made from juice pressed from apples


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n.
a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church


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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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v. Syn. combine; constitute
combine; mix; constitute; pay interest; increase


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