ESL ACT Vocabulary
ACT Vocabularies: 3500 Words Words for ESL
SAT Vocabularies: 3000 Words 500 Hard Words 500 Essay Words
Group (1) - Matching Quizzes
abound 
1
 | become rosy or reddish; turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame |
| an artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes |
| authorize; commission; give credit for |
| be full of; be plentiful |
abrupt
2
| broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another |
| appeal; a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts |
| comfortable; relaxing |
| capable; adept |
accuse
3
| appeal; a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts |
| decay; erosion |
| blame; condemn |
| a reformer who favors abolishing slavery |
affirm
4
| abbreviation |
| comfortable; relaxing |
| assert; confirm |
| act of judging or assessing; amount determined as payable |
bang
5
| colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech |
| a vigorous blow; a conspicuous success |
| append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit |
| arrogance; satisfaction; feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself |
basin
6
| bowl-shaped vessel, usually used for holding food or liquids |
| a mechanical device that blows air onto a fire to make it burn more fiercely |
| aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement |
| combine; mix; make less pure; lessen or moderate |
bellows
7
| blame; condemn |
| destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence |
| bothersome; troublesome; irritating |
| a mechanical device that blows air onto a fire to make it burn more fiercely |
blush
8
| become rosy or reddish; turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame |
| a male and female associated together; a pair who associate with one another |
| cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons |
| arrogance; satisfaction; feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself |
charcoal
9
| a stick of black carbon material used for drawing; a very dark gray color |
| a tiny piece of anything; the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element |
| a reformer who favors abolishing slavery |
| a male and female associated together; a pair who associate with one another |
chilly
10
| an account of the series of events making up a person's life; accounts of people's life |
| cold |
| cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons |
| blame |