ACT Words 1-50 Quiz

Match the following

• partially open

• balm

• consequence of

• abut

• hate, detest

• aftermath

• calm, soothing

• abhor

• to adjoin, border upon

• ajar

Match the following

• utterly hate, detest

• affidavit

• bottomless pit, profound depth or void

• alleviate

• a sworn written statement

• anterior

• situated in front

• abominate

• to make less severe, relieve

• abyss

Match the following

• to create, to give birth to

• accolade

• hiding place, or objects in hiding place

• bizarre

• to talk nonsensically

• cache

• an award, an honor, praise

• beget

• extremely unconventional, far fetched

• blather

Match the following

• a natural attraction, kinship

• beleaguer

• depressing, harsh, raw

• artisan

• to besiege, surround, harass

• bleak

• a worker skilled in a craft

• affinity

• unfeeling, insensitive

• callous

Match the following

• mood, feeling, general atmosphere

• alienate

• to deprive and make desolate

• cacophony

• to shorten, condense

• abridge

• a harsh sound

• bereave

• to make hostile, cause to feel unwelcome

• ambiance

Match the following

• to coax, persuade someone

• amenable

• agreeable. pleasant

• abstruse

• to increase in size, appear greater

• beset

• to harass, to surround

• aggrandize

• hard to understand

• cajole

Match the following

• immature and inexperienced

• bulwark

• to entice, desirable, to tempt

• allure

• a defensive wall, principal defense

• callow

• added to another in subordinate position

• amplify

• to make larger, louder, powerful

• adjunct

Match the following

• going before, preceding

• bludgeon

• to hit or attack with heavy impact, club

• aloof

• distant, reserved in manner

• antecedent

• truthfulness, sincere honesty

• also-ran

• one who is defeated in a race, election

• candor

Match the following

• a heated quarrel

• aptitude

• filling with dismay, causing horror

• alternative

• belonging to an earlier time, ancient

• altercation

• capacity for learning

• apalling

• the choice between two possibilities

• archaic

Match the following

• roomy, able to hold much

• bucolic

• to criticize harshly

• catapult

• hard, difficult

• capacious

• rural or rustic in nature, country

• arduous

• to launch, hurling objects

• castigate