ESL ACT Vocabulary
ACT Vocabularies: 3500 Words Words for ESL
SAT Vocabularies: 3000 Words 500 Hard Words 500 Essay Words
Group (3) - Matching Quizzes
institutionalize 
1
 | being of vital or central importance; crucial |
| consent; approval to do something |
| cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution |
| general increase in the prices of goods and services in a country |
intrigue
2
| deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; inadequate; feeble |
| captivate; cause to be interested or curious; plot for: scheme for |
| ability to comprehend; understand and profit from experience; intellect; power of cognition |
| authoritative command or instruction; commission of authorizing to administer a territory |
jumble
3
| adverse; involving disadvantage or harm; pessimistic |
| assemble without order or sense; confused multitude of things; chaos; mess; mixture |
| act of giving a false appearance; imaginative intellectual play |
| being an equal distance apart everywhere; having the same tendency or direction |
juxtaposition
4
| capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable |
| a stall where newspapers and other periodicals are sold |
| change location; move, travel, or proceed |
| act of positioning close together; side-by-side position |
knapsack
5
| bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder |
| appointee; candidate |
| act of positioning close together; side-by-side position |
| difficult question or problem |
mandate
6
| arrogant; characteristic of those who treat others with condescension |
| difficult question or problem |
| any of several marine mollusks |
| authoritative command or instruction; commission of authorizing to administer a territory |
mate
7
| bare and pure; completely unclothed |
| a fellow member of a team |
| bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder |
| agitated; anxious |
merger
8
| animal order including monkeys and apes and human beings; senior clergyman |
| capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable |
| deduce; conclude from evidence or premises; lead to as a consequence or conclusion |
| combination; union of two or more commercial corporations |
naked
9
| act of performing; dramatic or musical entertainment; process or manner |
| deliberately; consciously |
| bare and pure; completely unclothed |
| any animals kept for use or profit |
obliterate
10
| destroy completely; do away with completely so as to leave no trace |
| combination; union of two or more commercial corporations |
| absence of ceremony; casual |
| continual and persistent demands |