Test sheet for ACT Vocabulary Test Online

accede

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v. E.g. The idea that one of the two chief executives should eventually accede to the role, as has happened in the past, would raise fresh doubts about the board's independence.

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be placed in or take the room of; replace; make obsolete; make void or useless by superior power
surround with armed forces; harass with requests
postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness
hinder or prevent of ; frustrate
agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
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bandy

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v. E.g. While the president was happy to bandy patriotic generalizations with anyone who would listen to him, he refused to exchange words with unfriendly reporters at the press conference.

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discuss lightly or glibly; exchange words heatedly
put down by force or intimidation ; restrain; crush; oppress; conceal or hide
fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
stockpile; accumulate for future use
twist out of proper or natural relation of parts; misshape; misrepresent
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clique

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n. E.g. Fitzgerald wished that he belonged to the clique of popular athletes and big men on campus.

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supplement or appendix, especially to a will
small exclusive group of friends or associates
short, simple story teaching moral or religious lesson
bravery; force; power to attack or to resist attack
state of alarm or dread; nervous apprehension; involuntary trembling or quivering
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denounce

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v. E.g. The reform candidate kept to denounce the corrupt city officers for having betrayed the public's trust.

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gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
condemn openly; criticize; make known in formal manner
drive or force onward; drive forward; urge to action through moral pressure
be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence
stop short and refuse to go on; refuse obstinately or abruptly
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fodder

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n. E.g. One of Nancy's chores at the ranch was to put fresh supplies of fodder in the horses' stalls.

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rate of occurrence; particular occurrence
arrangement by rank or standing; series in which each element is graded or ranked
reparation; getting something back again; restoring something to its original state
coarse food for cattle or horses
willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
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impassive

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a. E.g. Refusing to let the enemy see how deeply shaken he was by his capture, the prisoner kept his face impassive.

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wholly absorbing one's attention
coiled around; highly involved; intricate
wildly disordered; excessive enthusiasm or excitement; insane
familiar, as by study or experience; able to converse knowledgeably
without feeling; revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited
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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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science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in
faithless lover; fickle lover; flirt, usually applies only to men
feeling of lack of interest or energy; depression
mutual relationship; interdependence or interconnection relationship
person with prejudiced belief in superiority of own kind
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maul

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v. E.g. What can he do for this country besides serenade us with poetry and not maul the English language like Bush?

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rid or deprive of inhabitants; lay waste; devastate
close tightly; grasp or grip tightly; fasten with a clinch
handle someone or something in a rough way; cause serious physical wounds
neigh, as a horse, especially in gentle tone; cry of horse
move in twisting or contorted motion; contort in pain
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predecessor

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n. E.g. I hope I can live up to the fine example set by my late predecessor in this office.

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period of greatest popularity, success, or power; golden age
analysis; cutting apart in order to examine
vain man; one who want to get admiration by dress; man excessively concerned with his clothes and appearance
former occupant of post; ancestor or forefather
effort; expenditure of much physical work
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scruple

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v. E.g. Fearing that her husband had become involved in an affair, she did not scruple to read his diary.

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draw back or shrink involuntarily, as in pain or from blow
plunge into water; wet thoroughly; extinguish
hesitate as a result of conscience or principle
condemn openly; criticize; make known in formal manner
cause to sink or become stuck in; hinder, entrap, or entangle
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temperate

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a. E.g. Try to be temperate in your eating this holiday season; if you control your appetite, you won't gain too much weight.

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impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous
inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
twisted; knotty; made rough by age or hard work
existing only in imagination; feigned; not true or real
restrained; self-controlled; moderate in degree or quality
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turbid

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a. E.g. The water was turbid after the children had waded through it.

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incapable of being pacified; not to be relieved;
lacking in spirit or energy to exert effort
muddy; having sediment disturbed; heavy, dark, or dense, as smoke or fog
insignificant; lacking importance; not following from premises or evidence; illogical
full of initiative; marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative
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