3500 ACT Vocabulary
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (5) - Matching Quizzes
embroiled 
1
 | explanatory; serving to explain |
| obscure; puzzling; not easily explained or accounted for |
| throw into confusion; deeply involved especially in something complicated |
| education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge |
eminent
2
| particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable |
| outer, protective layer of skin of vertebrates |
| standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth |
| disposition, character, or fundamental values peculiar to a specific person, people, culture, or movement |
encompass
3
| humiliate; shame; cause to feel self-conscious or ill at ease; disconcert |
| surround; form a circle or ring around; enclose; envelop |
| occupy exclusively; absorb; acquire most or all of; write or print the final draft of; make large or larger |
| waste; foul-smelling outflow or vapor |
endangered
4
| cancel; remove; erase or strike out |
| explanatory; serving to explain |
| in danger, at risk; small in numbers, with significant possibility of extinction, of species |
| intrude; invade; take another's rights gradually; advance beyond proper or former limits |
engross
5
| disposition, character, or fundamental values peculiar to a specific person, people, culture, or movement |
| explanatory; serving to explain |
| occupy exclusively; absorb; acquire most or all of; write or print the final draft of; make large or larger |
| raise in rank or dignity; praise |
engulf
6
| still in existence; not destroyed, lost, or extinct |
| free from blame; clear from guilt; release from a charge; forgive entirely |
| absorb or swallow up as in a gulf; flow over or cover completely |
| show or demonstrate clearly; overcome; conquer |
enigmatic
7
| exceptional; remarkable; beyond what is ordinary or usual |
| obscure; puzzling; not easily explained or accounted for |
| thin, brittle, exterior covering of the egg of a bird or reptile; pale yellow to yellowish white |
| hard to understand; known only in a particular group |
enlightenment
8
| education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge |
| make worse; irritate; make very angry or impatient; annoy greatly |
| oddity; departure from that which is stated, regular, or usual; deviation from center |
| free from blame; clear from guilt; release from a charge; forgive entirely |
enumerate
9
| intrude; invade; take another's rights gradually; advance beyond proper or former limits |
| list each one; mention one by one |
| very bad; extremely inferiorl; intolerable; very hateful |
| pronounce not guilty of criminal charges |
ethos
10
| waste; foul-smelling outflow or vapor |
| end; utmost point; outermost or farthest point or portion |
| practice of ending life of hopelessly ill individuals; assisted suicide |
| disposition, character, or fundamental values peculiar to a specific person, people, culture, or movement |