ESL ACT Vocabulary
| Group (1) - Matching Quizzes |   |
academician 
1
 | broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make larger or more powerful; increase |
| aide; servant; accompanying; person who participates in a meeting |
| designate; nominate |
| a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation |
accompaniment
2
| aloft; flying; in the air |
| considerable; perceptible |
| aspiration |
| act of accompanying someone or something |
airborne
3
| comfortable; relaxing |
| chief; serving as an essential component |
| calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune |
| aloft; flying; in the air |
amplify
4
| aloft; flying; in the air |
| broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make larger or more powerful; increase |
| aspiration |
| brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame |
baroque
5
| complete; consummate; make perfect |
| deprive of oxygen to the extent of producing death or very serious symptoms; suffocate |
| an artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes |
| complex or bizarre, especially in ornamentation; irregular in shape |
bonanza
6
| boom; rich mine, vein, or pocket of ore; sudden opportunity to make money |
| courtesy towards women |
| capable of igniting and burning; easily aroused or excited |
| narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event |
breath
7
| air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration |
| adjustment; measurement |
| definitive; decisive; final |
| a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation |
brook
8
| common; assembled into or viewed as a whole |
| contradict; give a false impression |
| biography or story written by yourself |
| creek; stream |
catastrophe
9
| aide; servant; accompanying; person who participates in a meeting |
| calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune |
| chief; serving as an essential component |
| act of accompanying someone or something |
checkout
10
| adjustment; measurement |
| bump; hit; conflict |
| counter in a supermarket where you pay for your purchases; the latest time for vacating a hotel room |
| designate; nominate |