3500 ACT Vocabulary
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (1) - Matching Quizzes
abash 
1
 | muddle; drive crazy; become confused |
| subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity |
| letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise |
| embarrass; make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert |
abstain
2
| go away or leave ; missing; not present |
| forefather; forebear; forerunner or predecessor |
| accustom or become accustomed to a new environment or situation; adapt |
| refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice |
accentuate
3
| emphasize; stress; pronounce with a stress or accent; mark with an accent |
| embarrass; make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert |
| go away or leave ; missing; not present |
| able to walk; formed or adapted for walking; not stationary |
accrue
4
| brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness |
| warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided |
| formal public statement; act of making known publicly |
| increase, accumulate, or come about as a result of growth; accumulate over time |
addle
5
| accustom or become accustomed to a new environment or situation; adapt |
| muddle; drive crazy; become confused |
| letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise |
| denying existence of God; godless |
admonish
6
| calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve |
| govern; supervise; give or apply medications |
| warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided |
| inform; give notice to; make aware |
adorn
7
| formal public statement; act of making known publicly |
| enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments |
| accustom or become accustomed to a new environment or situation; adapt |
| emphasize; stress; pronounce with a stress or accent; mark with an accent |
adulation
8
| dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person |
| enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments |
| excessive flattery or admiration; unmerited praise |
| give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade |
adulterate
9
| make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances |
| govern; supervise; give or apply medications |
| helper, additional or subsidiary |
| in a position that is turned toward one side; away from correct course |
adumbrate
10
| forefather; forebear; forerunner or predecessor |
| give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade |
| unsuccessful; failing to accomplish an intended objective; fruitless |
| able to walk; formed or adapted for walking; not stationary |