3500 ACT Vocabulary
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (10) - Matching Quizzes
pachyderm 
1
 | father and ruler of family or tribe |
| flexible; easily influenced; easily bent or flexed; pliable |
| done routinely and with little interest or care; acting with indifference; showing little interest or care |
| any of various large, thick-skinned, hoofed mammals, as elephant |
pacify
2
| extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily |
| lacking clarity of meaning; confusing |
| having or showing courage and spirit in trying circumstances |
| ease anger or agitation of; make calm or quiet; end war or violence |
parsimony
3
| cause something to multiply or breed; cause to extend to broader area or larger number |
| extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily |
| avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing |
| lacking clarity of meaning; confusing |
peculate
4
| foretell or predict; indicate or warn of in advance |
| lacking clarity of meaning; confusing |
| penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through |
| embezzle; appropriate fraudulently to one's own use; steal public moneys intrusted to one's care |
perennial
5
| after death, as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death |
| lasting indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; remaining active throughout all the time |
| extend out or project in space; stick out |
| avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing |
performer
6
| teaching; art of education; science of teaching |
| intensely luminous surface of a star ,especially the sun |
| person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant to impress others |
| entertainer; who performs or takes part in a play or performance of any kind |
perfunctory
7
| covering of feathers on bird; feathers used ornamentally; elaborate dress |
| done routinely and with little interest or care; acting with indifference; showing little interest or care |
| ease anger or agitation of; make calm or quiet; end war or violence |
| lacking clarity of meaning; confusing |
pervasive
8
| any of various large, thick-skinned, hoofed mammals, as elephant |
| pervading; spread throughout every part |
| scarcity; smallness of number; fewness |
| grant made by government to creator the sole right; invention protected by grant |
photosphere
9
| intensely luminous surface of a star ,especially the sun |
| full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through |
| lie; stray from or evade truth; behave in evasive way such as to delay action |
| entertainer; who performs or takes part in a play or performance of any kind |
pliant
10
| person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant to impress others |
| pervading; spread throughout every part |
| gaze intently; stare; scrutinize; read or study carefully and attentively |
| flexible; easily influenced; easily bent or flexed; pliable |