ACT Words 1-50 Quiz

Match the following

• consequence of

• balm

• to adjoin, border upon

• abhor

• calm, soothing

• abut

• hate, detest

• aftermath

• partially open

• ajar

Match the following

• to make less severe, relieve

• abyss

• utterly hate, detest

• affidavit

• situated in front

• abominate

• a sworn written statement

• anterior

• bottomless pit, profound depth or void

• alleviate

Match the following

• hiding place, or objects in hiding place

• accolade

• an award, an honor, praise

• bizarre

• extremely unconventional, far fetched

• beget

• to talk nonsensically

• blather

• to create, to give birth to

• cache

Match the following

• depressing, harsh, raw

• callous

• to besiege, surround, harass

• beleaguer

• a worker skilled in a craft

• artisan

• unfeeling, insensitive

• bleak

• a natural attraction, kinship

• affinity

Match the following

• to shorten, condense

• bereave

• a harsh sound

• abridge

• to make hostile, cause to feel unwelcome

• cacophony

• mood, feeling, general atmosphere

• ambiance

• to deprive and make desolate

• alienate

Match the following

• to harass, to surround

• cajole

• to increase in size, appear greater

• beset

• hard to understand

• aggrandize

• to coax, persuade someone

• abstruse

• agreeable. pleasant

• amenable

Match the following

• a defensive wall, principal defense

• amplify

• to make larger, louder, powerful

• bulwark

• immature and inexperienced

• callow

• to entice, desirable, to tempt

• adjunct

• added to another in subordinate position

• allure

Match the following

• going before, preceding

• also-ran

• distant, reserved in manner

• bludgeon

• truthfulness, sincere honesty

• aloof

• to hit or attack with heavy impact, club

• candor

• one who is defeated in a race, election

• antecedent

Match the following

• filling with dismay, causing horror

• archaic

• belonging to an earlier time, ancient

• aptitude

• a heated quarrel

• alternative

• the choice between two possibilities

• apalling

• capacity for learning

• altercation

Match the following

• rural or rustic in nature, country

• castigate

• to criticize harshly

• arduous

• to launch, hurling objects

• catapult

• hard, difficult

• capacious

• roomy, able to hold much

• bucolic