3500 ACT Vocabulary
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (4) - Matching Quizzes
deadpan 
1
 | persuade not to do; discourage |
| catch sight of; discover by careful observation or scrutiny |
| wooden; impersonal; deliberately impassive or expressionless, as face or look |
| condemn openly; criticize; make known in formal manner |
decimate
2
| destroy or kill a large part of; select by lot and kill one in every ten of |
| extreme corruption or degradation; wickedness |
| form, plan, or arrange in the mind; transmit or give by will |
| skillful in the use of the hands; having mental skill |
decrepitude
3
| persuade not to do; discourage |
| make uneasy or perplexed; cause to lose one's composure; disconcert |
| having harmful effect; injurious; having quality of destroying life; noxious; poisonous |
| state of collapse caused by illness or old age |
deface
4
| devaluation; decrease in price or value |
| mar or spoil appearance or surface; impair usefulness, value, or influence of |
| house-hold; of or relating to the home ; within the country or home |
| causing damage or harm; injurious |
deficit
5
| inadequacy or insufficiency; sum of money falls short of required amount; shortage |
| feeling of dissatisfaction |
| mar or spoil appearance or surface; impair usefulness, value, or influence of |
| differing; tending to move apart in different directions |
depravity
6
| reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem; degrade |
| change shape by stress; become misshapen; make formless |
| extreme corruption or degradation; wickedness |
| inadequacy or insufficiency; sum of money falls short of required amount; shortage |
derivative
7
| change shape by stress; become misshapen; make formless |
| large slender game fish widely distributed in warm seas; various marine cetacean mammals |
| unoriginal; derived from another source |
| distrustful; skeptical; full of doubt; having doubt; not settled in opinion |
despoil
8
| destroy or kill a large part of; select by lot and kill one in every ten of |
| hard monotonous routine work |
| deprive of something valuable by force; rob; take as spoils |
| form, plan, or arrange in the mind; transmit or give by will |
detrimental
9
| causing damage or harm; injurious |
| double-dealing; deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech; acting in bad faith. |
| turn away from a principle, norm; depart; diverge |
| ridicule; make fun of; laugh at with contempt |
deviate
10
| turn away from a principle, norm; depart; diverge |
| persuade not to do; discourage |
| inadequate; lacking an essential quality or element |
| change shape by stress; become misshapen; make formless |