ESL ACT Vocabulary
| Group (2) - Matching Quizzes |    |
deck 
1
 | any substance used to make soil more fertile |
| cultivate; make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans |
| conversation |
| a pack of 52 cards; any of various floor-like platforms built into a vessel |
delay
2
| broad comedy; ridiculous parade; foolish show |
| containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents |
| act later than planned; put off; adjournment |
| act of removing or getting rid of something |
denomination
3
| destroy courage or resolution by exciting dread; cause to lose enthusiasm |
| capable of being accomplished or brought about |
| class, society, or collection of individuals called by the same name; specifically, a religious sect |
| become hard or harder |
dismay
4
| cultivate; make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans |
| class, society, or collection of individuals called by the same name; specifically, a religious sect |
| destroy courage or resolution by exciting dread; cause to lose enthusiasm |
| a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas |
eradicate
5
| completely destroy; eliminate; exterminate |
| conducive to good health of body or mind |
| crush; scrape; reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading |
| cultivation of plants |
formalized
6
| concerned with or characterized by rigorous or adherence to recognized forms |
| coming to maturity; coming into existence |
| destroy courage or resolution by exciting dread; cause to lose enthusiasm |
| accomplishment; putting into practice; putting a person to death |
fracture
7
| break into pieces; crack; destroy; violate or abuse |
| battle, assault, or quarrel with violence; wear away by rubbing |
| act later than planned; put off; adjournment |
| cultivation of plants |
fray
8
| battle, assault, or quarrel with violence; wear away by rubbing |
| accomplishment; putting into practice; putting a person to death |
| biologist who studies relation between organisms and their environment |
| capacity to attract intense interest |
gland
9
| any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream |
| a barrier that surrounds something to protect it |
| dazzlingly beautiful; magnificent |
| any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl |
gust
10
| act of removing or getting rid of something |
| blast; outburst |
| boxlike container in a piece of furniture, made so as to slide in and out |
| become hard or harder |