3500 ACT Vocabulary
ACT Vocabularies: 3500 Words Words for ESL
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (5) - Matching Quizzes
effigy 
1
 | crude figure or dummy representing a hated person or group; likeness or image, especially of a person |
| go beyond; be or do something to a greater degree |
| tender affection; love; act of showing affection |
| someone who has withdrawn from his native land |
encipher
2
| decorate with needlework; add details to |
| act of throwing or shooting out; darting or casting forth; uttering of exclamations, or of brief exclamatory phrases |
| go beyond; be or do something to a greater degree |
| encode; convert plain message into code |
ennui
3
| gradual intrusion; entry into a place that was previously uncommon; advance beyond former borders |
| feeling of being bored by something tedious |
| crude figure or dummy representing a hated person or group; likeness or image, especially of a person |
| drive out evil spirits by or as if by incantation, command, or prayer |
enormity
4
| hugeness in a bad sense; act of extreme evil or wickedness |
| eradicate; abolish; rule out |
| wild and exciting undertaking; adventurous or unconventional act |
| feeling; mood; state of mental agitation or disturbance |
enthusiastically
5
| weaken; lessen or attempt to lessen seriousness of, especially by providing partial excuses |
| explanation; interpretation, especially of biblical or religious text |
| eagerly; wholeheartedly; in a lavish or enthusiastic manner |
| investigate systematically; examine; search |
enumerate
6
| list each one; mention one by one |
| feeling; mood; state of mental agitation or disturbance |
| drive out evil spirits by or as if by incantation, command, or prayer |
| decorate with needlework; add details to |
epicure
7
| a person with refined taste, especially in food and wine |
| unearth; dig out; make a hole in; hollow out |
| encode; convert plain message into code |
| word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing |
erratically
8
| feeling; mood; state of mental agitation or disturbance |
| able to produce a desired effect; valid |
| cry out suddenly, as from surprise or emotion |
| irregularly; off and on |
ethereal
9
| pronounce not guilty of criminal charges |
| light as air; heavenly; unusually refined |
| increase severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate |
| free, as from difficulties or perplexities; cause to be emitted or evolved |
excerpt
10
| exterior; outer; suitable for application to the outside |
| passage or segment taken from a longer work, such as literary or musical composition |
| unearth; dig out; make a hole in; hollow out |
| feeling; mood; state of mental agitation or disturbance |