ACT Words 1-50 Quiz

Match the following

• consequence of

• abhor

• calm, soothing

• ajar

• hate, detest

• abut

• partially open

• balm

• to adjoin, border upon

• aftermath

Match the following

• utterly hate, detest

• anterior

• to make less severe, relieve

• abominate

• a sworn written statement

• alleviate

• situated in front

• abyss

• bottomless pit, profound depth or void

• affidavit

Match the following

• to talk nonsensically

• accolade

• to create, to give birth to

• blather

• an award, an honor, praise

• cache

• hiding place, or objects in hiding place

• bizarre

• extremely unconventional, far fetched

• beget

Match the following

• a natural attraction, kinship

• bleak

• unfeeling, insensitive

• beleaguer

• depressing, harsh, raw

• callous

• to besiege, surround, harass

• affinity

• a worker skilled in a craft

• artisan

Match the following

• mood, feeling, general atmosphere

• abridge

• a harsh sound

• bereave

• to shorten, condense

• cacophony

• to make hostile, cause to feel unwelcome

• ambiance

• to deprive and make desolate

• alienate

Match the following

• agreeable. pleasant

• cajole

• to increase in size, appear greater

• aggrandize

• to harass, to surround

• amenable

• hard to understand

• abstruse

• to coax, persuade someone

• beset

Match the following

• added to another in subordinate position

• adjunct

• a defensive wall, principal defense

• callow

• to entice, desirable, to tempt

• bulwark

• to make larger, louder, powerful

• allure

• immature and inexperienced

• amplify

Match the following

• going before, preceding

• candor

• distant, reserved in manner

• antecedent

• truthfulness, sincere honesty

• bludgeon

• to hit or attack with heavy impact, club

• also-ran

• one who is defeated in a race, election

• aloof

Match the following

• belonging to an earlier time, ancient

• archaic

• a heated quarrel

• altercation

• capacity for learning

• apalling

• filling with dismay, causing horror

• aptitude

• the choice between two possibilities

• alternative

Match the following

• roomy, able to hold much

• capacious

• to launch, hurling objects

• catapult

• rural or rustic in nature, country

• castigate

• to criticize harshly

• arduous

• hard, difficult

• bucolic