ACT Words 1-50 Quiz

Match the following

• consequence of

• aftermath

• partially open

• balm

• to adjoin, border upon

• abut

• hate, detest

• ajar

• calm, soothing

• abhor

Match the following

• situated in front

• alleviate

• bottomless pit, profound depth or void

• abominate

• a sworn written statement

• affidavit

• to make less severe, relieve

• abyss

• utterly hate, detest

• anterior

Match the following

• to create, to give birth to

• beget

• an award, an honor, praise

• bizarre

• extremely unconventional, far fetched

• accolade

• to talk nonsensically

• blather

• hiding place, or objects in hiding place

• cache

Match the following

• unfeeling, insensitive

• artisan

• depressing, harsh, raw

• callous

• a natural attraction, kinship

• beleaguer

• to besiege, surround, harass

• affinity

• a worker skilled in a craft

• bleak

Match the following

• a harsh sound

• alienate

• to make hostile, cause to feel unwelcome

• cacophony

• to deprive and make desolate

• ambiance

• mood, feeling, general atmosphere

• bereave

• to shorten, condense

• abridge

Match the following

• to increase in size, appear greater

• amenable

• hard to understand

• abstruse

• to harass, to surround

• cajole

• to coax, persuade someone

• aggrandize

• agreeable. pleasant

• beset

Match the following

• to make larger, louder, powerful

• amplify

• a defensive wall, principal defense

• callow

• immature and inexperienced

• adjunct

• to entice, desirable, to tempt

• allure

• added to another in subordinate position

• bulwark

Match the following

• one who is defeated in a race, election

• bludgeon

• distant, reserved in manner

• also-ran

• truthfulness, sincere honesty

• antecedent

• going before, preceding

• candor

• to hit or attack with heavy impact, club

• aloof

Match the following

• belonging to an earlier time, ancient

• archaic

• filling with dismay, causing horror

• altercation

• the choice between two possibilities

• apalling

• a heated quarrel

• aptitude

• capacity for learning

• alternative

Match the following

• hard, difficult

• arduous

• to criticize harshly

• bucolic

• rural or rustic in nature, country

• castigate

• to launch, hurling objects

• catapult

• roomy, able to hold much

• capacious