3500 ACT Vocabulary
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (3) - Matching Quizzes
cardinal 
1
 | hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles |
| work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort |
| high church official, ranking just below the pope; dark to deep or vivid red |
| person with prejudiced belief in superiority of own kind |
carnival
2
| festivity; traveling amusement show usually including rides, games, and sideshows |
| arrange laws, rules as a code; classify; arrange or systematize |
| flirt; seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men |
| formal or ritual; ceremonious |
ceremonious
3
| improve and prepare, as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; promote the growth of |
| marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual |
| sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring |
| increasing by successive addition |
chameleon
4
| lizard that changes color in different situations |
| knowledge or recognition; awareness; range of what one can know or understand |
| arrange laws, rules as a code; classify; arrange or systematize |
| increasing by successive addition |
chauvinist
5
| festivity; traveling amusement show usually including rides, games, and sideshows |
| recover gradually from an illness |
| person with prejudiced belief in superiority of own kind |
| sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring |
clench
6
| recover gradually from an illness |
| cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; mix up |
| close tightly; grasp or grip tightly; fasten with a clinch |
| sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring |
codify
7
| form by assembling or combining parts; build; create |
| improve and prepare, as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; promote the growth of |
| feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt |
| arrange laws, rules as a code; classify; arrange or systematize |
cognizance
8
| ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious |
| knowledge or recognition; awareness; range of what one can know or understand |
| trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others |
| close tightly; grasp or grip tightly; fasten with a clinch |
collaborate
9
| work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort |
| hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles |
| join, or fasten together; associate; combine; unite or link together |
| harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts |
compensatory
10
| serving to compensate or as compensation; making amends; repaying |
| improve and prepare, as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; promote the growth of |
| flirt; seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men |
| youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers |