3500 ACT Vocabulary
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (1) - Matching Quizzes
abbreviate 
1
 | make shorter; reduce to shorter form intended to represent full form, as for word or phrase |
| gradual decrease in numbers; reduction in work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment |
| having time error in story; erroneous in date; in wrong time |
| essential quality; reputation; honor |
achievement
2
| active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor |
| characteristic of dawn; dawning, eastern, like new beginning; relating to the atmospheric phenomenon auroras |
| feat; accomplishment; award for completing a particular task or meeting an objective |
| expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language |
acquire
3
| gain through experience or effort; gain possession of; locate with tracking system |
| no longer current or applicable; antiquated |
| lack of caring; indifference |
| solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse |
actuarial
4
| forefather; forebear; forerunner or predecessor |
| calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics |
| solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse |
| having absolute, unchecked power; dictatorial |
adherent
5
| empower; give permission for; sanction |
| dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person |
| solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse |
| person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause |
affable
6
| person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause |
| easily approachable; warmly friendly |
| name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy |
| book of literary selections by various authors |
agrarian
7
| pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters |
| condense; shorten; reduce length of written text |
| comparable; similar or alike |
| book of literary selections by various authors |
amplify
8
| essential quality; reputation; honor |
| broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make larger or more powerful; increase |
| greedy; eager for; marked by keen interest and enthusiasm |
| comparable; similar or alike |
analogous
9
| comparable; similar or alike |
| in an uncomfortable, nervous or embarrassed way |
| gain through experience or effort; gain possession of; locate with tracking system |
| friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations |
anathema
10
| expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language |
| solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse |
| easily approachable; warmly friendly |
| book of literary selections by various authors |