Test sheet for ACT Vocabulary Test Online

agitate

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v. E.g. Since President has now announced that Emergency, the only demand that the lawyers can now agitate is the restoration of the old Supreme Court.

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go backwards; decline to inferior state; degenerate
appease or pacify; bring peace to
disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
split with or as if with a sharp instrument; pierce or penetrate; remain faithful to
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celerity

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n. E.g. Hamlet resented his mother's celerity in remarrying within a month after his father's death.

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violation of law, command, or duty; exceeding of due bounds or limits
swiftness of action or motion; speed
ceremonial procession or display; succession or series
unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
lizard that changes color in different situations
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coiffure

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n. E.g. You can make a statement with your choice of coiffure: in the sixties many African Americans affirmed their racial heritage by wearing their hair in Afros.

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deadlock; situation in which further action is blocked
violation of law, command, or duty; exceeding of due bounds or limits
incentive; stimulus; force or energy associated with a moving body
wasting away; decrease in size; reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease
hairstyle; head-dress; manner of arranging or dressing hair
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discord

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n. E.g. Watching Tweedledum battle Tweedledee, Alice wondered what had caused this pointless discord.

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difference; condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or degree
conflict; lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things
a large group or crowd; wandering troop or gang; a moving crowd
tender affection; love; act of showing affection
production by gradual process; act of working out with great care in detail
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exacting

(5)

a. E.g. Cleaning the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was an exacting task, one that demanded extremely meticulous care on the part of the restorers.

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making severe demands; rigorous; requiring great care, effort, or attention
silent or reserved in speech; saying little; not inclined to speak or converse
bold; incapable of being discouraged; fearless
very showy or ornamented, especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner
acceptable; sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten
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glossy

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a. E.g. I want this photograph printed on glossy paper.

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smooth and shining; reflecting luster from smooth or polished surface; plausible
dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual
ravenous; excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities
beginning to exist or appear; in an early stage
open to view; not secret or hidden
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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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difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule; not according to rule; irregularly
coiled around; highly involved; intricate
having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; multicolored
being or seeming to be without an end; endless; tedious; continual
looking within oneself; thoughtful about oneself; studying or exhibiting one's own internal state
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madrigal

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n. E.g. His program of folk songs included a famous madrigal which he sang to the accompaniment of a lute.

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song for two or three unaccompanied voices; short poem, often about love, suitable for being set to music
title; chapter heading; text under illustration
place where things may be put for safekeeping, as storehouse, warehouse, museum, or tomb
coarse food for cattle or horses
something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life
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pare

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v. E.g. My hands are sore after I pare hundreds of potatoes for the banquet.

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imply or require; cause to ensue or accrue; cut or carve in ornamental way
ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
remove outer covering or skin of with knife or similar instrument
be a match or counterpart for; eager to equal or excel
wound seriously; cause permanent loss of function of limb or part of body
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sanguine

(10)

a. E.g. Let us not be too sanguine about the outcome; something could go wrong.

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difficult to please; having complicated requirements; excessively particular demanding about details
lacking proper seriousness; speaking freely; talkative; communicative
cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy
complex or bizarre, especially in ornamentation; irregular in shape
huge; of a tremendous size, volume, degree
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shyster

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n. E.g. He is horrified to learn that his newly-discovered half brother is nothing but a cheap shyster.

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mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
production by gradual process; act of working out with great care in detail
slow gallop; moderate running pace of horse
ill will; hatred; quality or state of being hostile
lawyer using questionable methods; unethical lawyer or politician
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translucent

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a. E.g. We could not recognize the people in the next room because of the translucent curtains that separated us.

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deserving of praise; worthy of high praise
eating away by chemicals or disease
partly transparent; transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen
tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health
portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
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