3500 ACT Vocabulary
ACT Vocabularies: 3500 Words Words for ESL
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (5) - Matching Quizzes
effectiveness 
1
 | embed; enclose in or as if in a case |
| efficiency; quality of being effective |
| come to an end; terminate; lose validity; breathe one's last breath; die |
| short-lived; enduring a very short time |
efficacy
2
| passage or segment taken from a longer work, such as literary or musical composition |
| carve or cut into a block or surface, as used for printing; impress deeply as if by carving |
| power to produce desired effect |
| ill will; hatred; quality or state of being hostile |
effrontery
3
| make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify |
| loosely connected; divided into incidents; occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals |
| shameless or brazen boldness; insolent and shameless audacity |
| study of insects; branch of zoology which treats of insects |
electron
4
| outer, protective layer of skin of vertebrates |
| power to produce desired effect |
| elementary particle with negative charge |
| short-lived; enduring a very short time |
elegy
5
| cause; bring into existence; give rise to |
| poem or song expressing lamentation; mournful poem |
| outer, protective layer of skin of vertebrates |
| open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead |
elicit
6
| cause; bring into existence; give rise to |
| payment or expense; output |
| draw out; bring forth or to light; generate or provoke as response or answer |
| encode; convert plain message into code |
encase
7
| interchangeable; comparable; equal, as in value, force, or meaning |
| embed; enclose in or as if in a case |
| hug; adopt or espouse; accept readily; hold close with the arms, usually as an expression of affection |
| gases ejected from an engine as waste products ; use up the whole supply of |
engender
8
| cause; bring into existence; give rise to |
| outer, protective layer of skin of vertebrates |
| education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge |
| weaken; lessen or attempt to lessen seriousness of, especially by providing partial excuses |
ephemeral
9
| in danger, at risk; small in numbers, with significant possibility of extinction, of species |
| short-lived; enduring a very short time |
| extreme; inordinate; too much |
| open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead |
epidermis
10
| outer, protective layer of skin of vertebrates |
| gases ejected from an engine as waste products ; use up the whole supply of |
| give energy to; make forceful and active; supply with an electric current |
| having few teeth; lacking teeth |