3500 ACT Vocabulary
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (10) - Matching Quizzes
pacifist 
1
 | postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness |
| one opposed to force; antimilitarist |
| full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through |
| excuse; something serving to conceal plans; fictitious reason |
panacea
2
| remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
| avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing |
| something that propels or drives forward |
| dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
parody
3
| draw fluid or gas by pressure or suction; supply in great quantities |
| work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
| postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness |
| concise summing up of main points |
pasture
4
| field covered with grass; meadow |
| by a small amount at a time; in stages; gradually |
| foretell or predict; indicate or warn of in advance |
| manuscript, typically of papyrus or parchment, that has been written on more than once, with the earlier writing incompletely erased |
pauper
5
| draw fluid or gas by pressure or suction; supply in great quantities |
| by a small amount at a time; in stages; gradually |
| very poor person; one living on or eligible for public charity |
| work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
pedant
6
| draw fluid or gas by pressure or suction; supply in great quantities |
| one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning |
| give inclination toward; make susceptible to; settle or dispose of in advance |
| something that propels or drives forward |
pellucid
7
| induce; be greater in strength or influence; triumph; win out |
| transparent; limpid; easy to understand |
| cliff; overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; dangerous position |
| one opposed to force; antimilitarist |
perquisite
8
| any gain above stipulated salary; extra payment |
| pertaining to science of the function of living organisms |
| dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality |
| involving advantage or good ; greater than zero; very sure; confident |
petrify
9
| convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike |
| hold back to a later time; delay; defer |
| postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness |
| very poor person; one living on or eligible for public charity |
philanthropist
10
| calm; not easily disturbed; not easily excited to action or passion |
| very destructive; tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly |
| full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through |
| person who loves mankind in general; very generous person or institution |