3500 ACT Vocabulary
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (5) - Matching Quizzes
efficient 
1
 | grant; award; give qualities or abilities to |
| effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input |
| rounded like an egg; in a shape reminding of an ellipse; oval |
| enclose or encase completely with or as if with a covering |
elate
2
| obscure; puzzling; not easily explained or accounted for |
| erupt; blow up; burst violently as a result of internal pressure |
| lifted up; raised; elevated; fill with optimism |
| vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive |
elliptical
3
| irregularly; off and on |
| light as air; heavenly; unusually refined |
| rounded like an egg; in a shape reminding of an ellipse; oval |
| powerful and effective language; persuasive speech |
emancipate
4
| forever; being without beginning or end; existing outside of time; infinite |
| external; not essential; extraneous |
| free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate |
| irregularly; off and on |
emollient
5
| inner excitement or exuberance; process of bubbling as gas escapes |
| free from blame; clear from guilt; release from a charge; forgive entirely |
| having softening or soothing effect, especially to skin |
| effort; expenditure of much physical work |
endow
6
| grant; award; give qualities or abilities to |
| effort; expenditure of much physical work |
| external; not essential; extraneous |
| surround; form a circle or ring around; enclose; envelop |
ensconce
7
| grant; award; give qualities or abilities to |
| settle oneself securely or comfortably; place or conceal in secure place |
| free, as from difficulties or perplexities; cause to be emitted or evolved |
| erupt; blow up; burst violently as a result of internal pressure |
entitle
8
| instance that does not conform to a rule |
| give right to; authorize; furnish with a right or claim to something; designate; give title to |
| extreme; inordinate; too much |
| grant; award; give qualities or abilities to |
entitlement
9
| exposition; presentation; large-scale public showing |
| right to claim something; right to benefits |
| free from blame; clear from guilt; release from a charge; forgive entirely |
| full of initiative; marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative |
entreat
10
| effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input |
| plead; make earnest request of; ask for earnestly |
| indefinitely long period of time; age |
| light as air; heavenly; unusually refined |