3500 ACT Vocabulary
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (1) - Matching Quizzes
abnegate 
1
 | fondness; tender feeling toward another; fondness |
| hand tool for boring holes; hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice |
| give up or surrender; deny something to oneself |
| apply oil or similar substance to; put oil on during religious ceremony as a sign of sanctification or consecration. |
abrade
2
| lack of caring; indifference |
| inflammation of a joint or joints |
| coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important |
| wear away by friction; scrape; erode |
adaptable
3
| in or into a high place; high or higher up |
| flexible; becoming or being made suitable to particular situation or use |
| half-open; slightly turned or opened |
| strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited |
affection
4
| study of artifacts and relics of early mankind |
| fondness; tender feeling toward another; fondness |
| cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb |
| inflammation of a joint or joints |
aggrandize
5
| inflammation of a joint or joints |
| increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation |
| independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination |
| excite; stimulate; awaken from or as if from sleep |
agitate
6
| cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb |
| resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; deformity returning after passage of two or more generations |
| upward slope, as of hill |
| fondness; tender feeling toward another; fondness |
allege
7
| eye defect that prevents proper focus |
| state without proof; assert to be true |
| upward slope, as of hill |
| prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned |
aloft
8
| in manner of uncle, pertaining to uncle; kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant |
| in or into a high place; high or higher up |
| cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb |
| slightly sour in taste or in manner; sharp; caustic |
amorphous
9
| claim without justification; claim for oneself without right |
| good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly |
| formless; lacking shape or definition |
| upward slope, as of hill |
anathema
10
| excite; stimulate; awaken from or as if from sleep |
| solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse |
| prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned |
| make or become better; improve; grow better |