Test sheet for ACT Vocabulary Test Online

affront

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n. E.g. When Mrs. Proudie was not seated beside the Archdeacon at the head table, she took it as a personal affront and refused to speak to her hosts for a week.

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small house or cottage usually having a single story and attic
production by gradual process; act of working out with great care in detail
representative or perfect example of a class or type; brief summary, as of a book or article
insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
traitor; one who turns against previous affiliation or allegiance
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bicker

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v. E.g. The children bicker morning, noon, and night, exasperating their parents.

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engage in a petty, bad-tempered quarrel
eat away; wear away by abrasion; become worn
submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
avoid cleverly; escape perception of
enrage; make furious or mad with anger
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copious

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a. E.g. She had copious reasons for rejecting the proposal.

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of the same or similar nature or kind
accidental; by chance; coming or occurring without any cause
plentiful; containing plenty; affording ample supply
related to spring; suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
unalterable; irreversible; impossible to retract or revoke
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dogmatic

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a. E.g. We tried to discourage Doug from being so dogmatic, but never could convince him that his opinions might be wrong.

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stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid
indefensible; not able to be maintained
having disagreeable odor or taste of decomposing oils or fats
yielding; inclined or ready to submit
gay in manner, appearance, or action; easy and carefree
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filament

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n. E.g. A ray of sunlight illuminated every filament of the spider web, turning the web into a net of gold.

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departure of a large number of people
person guided and protected by a more prominent person
case for arrows; collection or store, as arsenal; quick shaking
state of alarm or dread; nervous apprehension; involuntary trembling or quivering
fine thread or fiber; thin wire; threadlike structure within light bulb
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harrowing

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a. E.g. At first the former prisoner did not wish to discuss his harrowing months of captivity as a political hostage.

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obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
agonizing; distressing extremely painful
inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
unclear or doubtful in meaning
overwhelming; incapable of being passed over or overcome
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languor

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n. E.g. His friends tried to overcome the languor into which he had fallen by taking him to parties and to the theater.

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fame; quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
place of residence of a person or a family
dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality
countercharge; counter or mutual accusation; accusation brought by the accused against the accuser
feeling of lack of interest or energy; depression
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mammoth

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a. E.g. To try to memorize every word on this vocabulary list would be a mammoth undertaking; take on projects that are more manageable in size.

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opposition to progress or liberalism; extremely conservative
gigantic; of great comparative size
crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar
tending to call up emotions, memories
repeated too often; over familiar through overuse
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plethora

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n. E.g. She offered a plethora of excuses for her shortcomings.

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beginning of something; taking in, as by swallowing; process of receiving within
person with power to decide a dispute; judge
small exclusive group of friends or associates
excess; over-fullness in any respect; superabundance
edge, especially of a round surface; surface of a solid; circumference
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rout

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v. E.g. The reinforcements were able to rout the enemy.

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make invalid; nullify; destroy
eat away; wear away by abrasion; become worn
guarantee as safe; secure; promise or agree condescendingly, as a special favor; permit
go backwards; decline to inferior state; degenerate
put to disorderly flight or retreat; drive out; cause to flee; defeat overwhelmingly
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sinewy

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a. E.g. Great tears rolled down his sunken cheeks, he lightly rested her forehead on his thin sinewy arm.

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lacking flavor or zest; not tasty; dull
unalterable; irreversible; impossible to retract or revoke
abnormally pale; lacking intensity of color or luminousness
tough; strong and firm; possessing physical strength and weight
clear, transparent or bright; calm, untroubled, and without worry
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unequivocal

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a. E.g. My answer to your proposal is an unequivocal and absolute "No."

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consisting of dissimilar elements or parts; completely different
gigantic; of great comparative size
being beyond what is required or sufficient
false; tending to mislead; deceptive
admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; clear and unambiguous
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