3500 ACT Vocabulary
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accost 
1
 | approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request |
| habitual to; used to; frequently practiced, used, or experienced; customary |
| one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position |
| jurisdiction; power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge; government |
accustomed
2
| funding; money set aside for a specific purpose |
| firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike |
| habitual to; used to; frequently practiced, used, or experienced; customary |
| characteristic of dawn; dawning, eastern, like new beginning; relating to the atmospheric phenomenon auroras |
affable
3
| secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated |
| easily approachable; warmly friendly |
| applaud; announce with great approval |
| declare to be true; affirm |
angular
4
| chronological record of the events of successive years |
| sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner |
| gain through experience or effort; gain possession of; locate with tracking system |
| declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly |
animate
5
| expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude |
| increase by natural growth or addition; concentration |
| endowed with life; alive; living; animated |
| rubbing away; tending to grind down |
annals
6
| chronological record of the events of successive years |
| dictator; ruler having unlimited power |
| collection; heap; act or process of gathering into a mass |
| strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited |
anthropoid
7
| manlike; resembling a human, especially in shape or outward appearance |
| support; active pleading on behalf of something |
| firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike |
| do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for |
approaching
8
| sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner |
| family descent; series or line of ancestors; lineage |
| collection; heap; act or process of gathering into a mass |
| impending; of the relatively near future; coming closer to another |
appropriation
9
| calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics |
| known by or familiar with another; informed or familiar |
| funding; money set aside for a specific purpose |
| applaud; announce with great approval |
arraign
10
| officially charge someone in a court of law |
| fasten; annex; be in contact with |
| known by or familiar with another; informed or familiar |
| repetition of beginning sound in poetry |