3500 ACT Vocabulary
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (5) - Matching Quizzes
effervescence 
1
 | inner excitement or exuberance; process of bubbling as gas escapes |
| consisting of letters; written in form of or carried on by letters |
| explanation; interpretation, especially of biblical or religious text |
| suitable; appropriate to a purpose; serving to promote your interest |
egoism
2
| occupy exclusively; absorb; acquire most or all of; write or print the final draft of; make large or larger |
| excessive interest in one's self; belief that one should be interested in one's self rather than in others |
| in an endless manner |
| hug; adopt or espouse; accept readily; hold close with the arms, usually as an expression of affection |
elated
3
| fame; high status importance owing to marked superiority; rise of ground; hill |
| fleeting; vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor |
| overjoyed; extremely happy and excited |
| hug; adopt or espouse; accept readily; hold close with the arms, usually as an expression of affection |
embody
4
| explode; burst out; become violently active |
| give a bodily form to; represent in bodily or material form; incorporate |
| omission of words from text; mark or series of marks used in writing to indicate omission |
| passage or segment taken from a longer work, such as literary or musical composition |
epistolary
5
| overjoyed; extremely happy and excited |
| consisting of letters; written in form of or carried on by letters |
| external; not essential; extraneous |
| explanation; interpretation, especially of biblical or religious text |
erratically
6
| show or demonstrate clearly; overcome; conquer |
| increasing; something expands, or may be expanded; extending; spreading; enlarging |
| irregularly; off and on |
| overjoyed; extremely happy and excited |
erupt
7
| show or demonstrate clearly; overcome; conquer |
| adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate |
| explode; burst out; become violently active |
| free, as from difficulties or perplexities; cause to be emitted or evolved |
evanescent
8
| catch sight of; glimpse; discover at a distance |
| suitable; appropriate to a purpose; serving to promote your interest |
| gases ejected from an engine as waste products ; use up the whole supply of |
| fleeting; vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor |
excerpt
9
| root out; eradicate, literally or figuratively; destroy wholly |
| in an endless manner |
| passage or segment taken from a longer work, such as literary or musical composition |
| avoid cleverly; escape perception of |
exclude
10
| free, as from difficulties or perplexities; cause to be emitted or evolved |
| leave out of; keep out of; reject |
| occupy exclusively; absorb; acquire most or all of; write or print the final draft of; make large or larger |
| excessive interest in one's self; belief that one should be interested in one's self rather than in others |