ACT Words 1-50 Quiz

Match the following

• to adjoin, border upon

• abhor

• hate, detest

• abut

• partially open

• ajar

• consequence of

• balm

• calm, soothing

• aftermath

Match the following

• situated in front

• alleviate

• bottomless pit, profound depth or void

• abominate

• a sworn written statement

• anterior

• to make less severe, relieve

• abyss

• utterly hate, detest

• affidavit

Match the following

• extremely unconventional, far fetched

• beget

• to talk nonsensically

• bizarre

• an award, an honor, praise

• cache

• to create, to give birth to

• blather

• hiding place, or objects in hiding place

• accolade

Match the following

• a worker skilled in a craft

• callous

• a natural attraction, kinship

• bleak

• to besiege, surround, harass

• affinity

• unfeeling, insensitive

• artisan

• depressing, harsh, raw

• beleaguer

Match the following

• to make hostile, cause to feel unwelcome

• bereave

• mood, feeling, general atmosphere

• abridge

• to shorten, condense

• cacophony

• to deprive and make desolate

• alienate

• a harsh sound

• ambiance

Match the following

• agreeable. pleasant

• beset

• to increase in size, appear greater

• aggrandize

• hard to understand

• cajole

• to coax, persuade someone

• amenable

• to harass, to surround

• abstruse

Match the following

• to entice, desirable, to tempt

• adjunct

• added to another in subordinate position

• allure

• to make larger, louder, powerful

• amplify

• a defensive wall, principal defense

• bulwark

• immature and inexperienced

• callow

Match the following

• going before, preceding

• aloof

• truthfulness, sincere honesty

• also-ran

• to hit or attack with heavy impact, club

• bludgeon

• one who is defeated in a race, election

• candor

• distant, reserved in manner

• antecedent

Match the following

• a heated quarrel

• alternative

• filling with dismay, causing horror

• archaic

• capacity for learning

• aptitude

• belonging to an earlier time, ancient

• altercation

• the choice between two possibilities

• apalling

Match the following

• rural or rustic in nature, country

• capacious

• hard, difficult

• catapult

• roomy, able to hold much

• arduous

• to criticize harshly

• bucolic

• to launch, hurling objects

• castigate