3500 ACT Vocabulary
3500 ACT Vocabulary
| Group (1) - Manage Words by Panel - Page 9 |   |
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exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome |
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amid |
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in the middle of; among; surrounded by |
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amity |
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friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations |
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amorous |
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moved by sexual love; loving |
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amorphous |
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formless; lacking shape or definition |
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amphibian |
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able to live both on land and in water |
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amphitheater |
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oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena |
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amplify |
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broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make larger or more powerful; increase |
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amputate |
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cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune |
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anachronistic |
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having time error in story; erroneous in date; in wrong time |
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analgesic |
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serving to reduce sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
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analogous |
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comparable; similar or alike |
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anarchist |
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person who seeks to overturn established government; advocate of abolishing authority |
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anathema |
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solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse |
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ancestor |
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forefather; forebear; forerunner or predecessor |
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ancestry |
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family descent; series or line of ancestors; lineage |
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ancillary |
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serving as aid or accessory; auxiliary |
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anecdotal |
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having the character of an anecdote; of short story of interesting or humorous incident |
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angular |
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sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner |
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animate |
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endowed with life; alive; living; animated |