3500 ACT Vocabulary

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 3500 ACT Vocabulary
1   Overview:
Many tasks are on their list when high school students prepare for an ACT exam. Reviewing and enhancing ACT vocabulary is usually the hardest one. Here we will help you master ACT words efficiently. As we know, ACT consists of multiple sections; three are actually to test English skills. Words are the essential elements of any language. If you want to succeed in ACT, you have to build a strong ACT vocabulary seriously.

You may see an ACT vocabulary list somewhere, but official ACT vocabulary doesn't exist. The ACT word list is only a concept to refer to a list related to the ACT exam; it encloses words that probably will occur or once occurred on ACT papers, whose contents vary on different scenarios: the test takers' level and pursuit. This ACT words list matches the average 12th-grade students and concentrates on the requirement of its reading section.

Vocabulary is a critical asset in all reading tests. You can only get a good score on reading tests with solid ACT vocabulary. The reading test has the most robust vocabulary criteria compared to other test sections, like writing. Namely, writing words are usually in reading vocabulary, but the reverse isn't true. So if you plan to choose one vocabulary to cover all test sections, this list is the right candidate.

3500 ACT Vocabulary is an all-in-one middle-level word list that covers the core requirements in preparing for the exam. 12th-grade students should schedule 3 to 6 months to master the words. Given the reading test, students had better learn or understand all vocabulary words.

ACT organizer insists that the test doesn't emphasize strong or large vocabulary; it seems true. However, it doesn't mean you have any chance of having a good score with bad vocabulary skills. Vocabulary is the foundation of any English test, and ACT has no exception. Want to improve your performance in the ACT? This vocabulary will give you a hand.

ACT vocabulary plays a crucial role in your ACT final score. ACT Official Website will give you authoritative information to work out a reasonable ACT vocabulary plan.

2   Alternative vocabularies:
Test takers have various requirements for vocabulary building; it's impossible to handle them with one ACT word list. Is there any alternative ACT vocabulary? Yes, you can get various ACT vocabularies from this or other websites. Besides, vocabularies for the SAT exam or high school study are possibly good options.

We think '3500 ACT Vocabulary' is the first choice for most students. You may find some others as a supplement for some particular purposes. For example, our website offers ESL ACT Vocabulary, which helps ESL (English as Second Language) students to overcome the gap of everyday life words.ESL ACT Vocabulary

Some students working hard to challenge the high score need more difficult words to enhance vocabulary skills. Difficult Words with Meaning and Sentence is deserved to have a look. It's short but can improve your writing vocabulary level.Difficult Words with Meaning and Sentence

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Words of Group 2 (Part of words, select list to view all.):
baboon
bacchanalian
badinage
baffle
balanced
bald
baleful
balk
ballast
balloon
banal
bandanna
bandleader
bandy
banner
banquet
bantering
barber
bard
barely
barge
baroque
barrage
barricade
barterer
bask
bastion
bate
bauble
bawdy
beard
beatific
beatitude
becalm
beckon
becloud
bedizen
bedraggle
bedrock
beeline
befuddle
beget
beguile
behemoth
belabor
belated
beleaguer
belie
bellicose
belligerent
bemoan
bemused
benediction
beneficial
benign
bequeath
bequest
berate
bereavement
bereft
beset
besiege
besmirch
bestial
bestow
betoken
betroth
bevy
bewilder
bicameral
bicker
biennial
bigotry
bilious
bilk
bill
billowing
bitter
bivouac
bizarre
blanch
bland
blandishment
blanket
blare
blast
blench
blighted
blithe
block
bloom
bludgeon
blues
blunder
blunt
bluster
boastful
bohemian
boisterous
bolster
bombardment
bombastic
boon
boorish
bore
bounce
boundary
boundless
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aberrant   Speak
abnormal; markedly different from an accepted norm
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affront   Speak
insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
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aggrandize   Speak
increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
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ascendancy   Speak
superiority or decisive advantage; domination
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assiduous   Speak
constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
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attrition   Speak
gradual decrease in numbers; reduction in work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment
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5   Word meaning matching - Test words you know:
abandon  Speak
Exercise
turned or twisted toward one side; at an angle
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strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
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lacking restraint or control; feeling of extreme emotional intensity; unbounded enthusiasm
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causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
accommodate  Speak
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favorable judgment; feeling of pleasure, wonder, and approval
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fit for growing crops, as by plowing
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do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
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lacking restraint or control; feeling of extreme emotional intensity; unbounded enthusiasm
accusation  Speak
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in or into a high place; high or higher up
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increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
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glue; paste ; substance that unites or bonds surfaces together
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indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party
actuarial  Speak
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calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics
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exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
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helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation
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causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
adjudicate  Speak
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hear and settle a case by judicial procedure
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border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
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embarrass; make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert
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sign of something coming; art or practice of foretelling events by signs or omens
amid  Speak
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science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in
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in the middle of; among; surrounded by
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inadvertently; by chance; casually; fortuitously; not essentially or intrinsically
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lacking restraint or control; feeling of extreme emotional intensity; unbounded enthusiasm
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applaud; announce with great approval


Spelling Word: acclaim
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award of merit; expression of approval; praise


Spelling Word: accolade
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habitual to; used to; frequently practiced, used, or experienced; customary


Spelling Word: accustomed
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bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone


Spelling Word: acerbity
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insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect


Spelling Word: affront
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exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome


Spelling Word: amicable
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