Test sheet for ACT Vocabulary Test Online

altruistic

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a. E.g. In providing tutorial assistance and college scholarships for hundreds of economically disadvantaged youths, Eugene Lang performed a truly altruistic deed.

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giving a false appearance of frankness; not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
unselfishly generous; concerned for others
dull and unimaginative; lacking taste or flavor
weeping or inclined to weep; tearful; showing sorrow
marked by energy and vigor; manly; able to copulate, as for male
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bolster

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v. E.g. The debaters amassed file boxes full of evidence to bolster their arguments.

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belittle; speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; reduce in esteem or rank
support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
guarantee as safe; secure; promise or agree condescendingly, as a special favor; permit
submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
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chaff

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n. E.g. When you separate the wheat from the chaff, be sure you keep the wheat.

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masses of leaves; a cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches
scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
trace; remains; indication that something has been happened
trivial or worthless matter; thin dry bracts or scales, especially
laugh in half-suppressed or foolish manner; disrespectful laugh
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docile

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a. E.g. As docile as he seems today, that old lion was once a ferocious, snarling beast.

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leading a wandering life with no fixed abode; changeable; unsettled
obedient; ready and willing to be taught; easily managed or handled
dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague
hollow; curved like inner surface of sphere
tending to overthrow; in opposition to civil authority or government
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euphoria

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n. E.g. Delighted with her high scores, sure that the university would accept her, Allison was filled with euphoria.

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coarse food for cattle or horses
person who loves mankind in general; very generous person or institution
feeling of great happiness and well-being, sometimes exaggerated
shameless or brazen boldness; insolent and shameless audacity
extinct flying reptiles that existed during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods
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gainsay

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v. E.g. She was too honest to gainsay the truth of the report.

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bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true
pass gradually or leak through, as if through small openings
beat or pound with fists; hit or strike heavily and repeatedly
destroy completely; do away with completely so as to leave no trace
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interminable

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a. E.g. Although his speech lasted for only twenty minutes, it seemed interminable to his bored audience.

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pertaining to science of the function of living organisms
being or seeming to be without an end; endless; tedious; continual
not fitting; lacking in harmony or compatibility
of the same or similar nature or kind
unselfishly generous; concerned for others
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notoriety

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n. E.g. To the starlet, any publicity was good publicity: if she couldn't have a good reputation, she'd settle for notoriety.

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known for some unfavorable act or quality; bad or ill fame
person guided and protected by a more prominent person
willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
pretense; something intended to misrepresent
excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause
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palpable

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a. E.g. The patient's enlarged spleen was palpable: even the first year medical student could feel it.

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tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable
containing or derived from error; mistaken
momentary; temporary; staying for short time
suitable; appropriate to a purpose; serving to promote your interest
difficult to use or handle because of size or weight or shape; lacking grace in movement or posture
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ratify

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v. E.g. Party leaders doubted that they had enough votes in both houses of Congress to ratify the constitutional amendment.

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provide for or supply inadequately; deal with hastily, carelessly, or with poor material
cause something to multiply or breed; cause to extend to broader area or larger number
kindle; cause to start burning; set fire to
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
approve formally; confirm; verify
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skulk

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v. E.g. He used to skulk through the less fashionable sections of the city in order to avoid meeting any of his former friends.

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reprove severely, especially in a formal or official way; rebuke formally; censure severely or angrily
move furtively and secretly; hide, or get out of the way, in a sneaking manner
give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
be responsible for; commit; do execute or perform, generally in bad sense
bring up out of earth; dig up; bring to public notice; uncover
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virtuoso

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n. E.g. The child prodigy Yehudi Menuhin grew into a virtuoso whose violin performances thrilled millions.

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highly skilled artist, as musician; one who is dazzlingly skilled in his field
small house or cottage usually having a single story and attic
severe pang of pain, as in childbirth; condition of agonizing struggle or trouble
remainder; small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists
last stop of railroad; final point or end; boundary or border
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