ESL ACT Vocabulary
ACT Vocabularies: 3500 Words Words for ESL
SAT Vocabularies: 3000 Words 500 Hard Words 500 Essay Words
Group (2) - Matching Quizzes
decomposition 
1
 | danger; risk |
| burning; flaming |
| breakdown or decay of organic materials; act or result of decomposing |
| a work produced by hand labor |
distinguish
2
| confirmation that some fact or statement is true |
| bustle; cause to move furtively and hurriedly |
| cargo ship |
| characterize; differentiate; recognize |
distribution
3
| a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir |
| act of distributing or spreading or apportioning |
| animals of a period or region |
| a place where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions |
downtown
4
| branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies |
| cause to seem more splendid; beautify |
| anticipate; predict |
| commercial center of a town or city |
dynamics
5
| clash in opinion; rubbing against; conflict |
| be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; bother; disturb |
| branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies |
| cause to seem more splendid; beautify |
elusive
6
| difficult to describe; difficult to detect or grasp by mind |
| be worthy of; have a right to |
| confront; encounter; be opposite |
| an intricate trap that ensnares its victim |
embryo
7
| completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth |
| a spectator who can describe what happened |
| branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies |
| any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions |
entertain
8
| amuse; host |
| coating of gold or of something that looks like gold |
| characterize; differentiate; recognize |
| confront; encounter; be opposite |
eventful
9
| any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap |
| bustle; cause to move furtively and hurriedly |
| busy; momentous; full of events or incidents |
| be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; bother; disturb |
execution
10
| bustle; cause to move furtively and hurriedly |
| difficult to describe; difficult to detect or grasp by mind |
| an intricate trap that ensnares its victim |
| accomplishment; putting into practice; putting a person to death |