3500 ACT Vocabulary

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ablution  Speak Example sentences
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washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
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inform; give notice to; make aware
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characteristic of dawn; dawning, eastern, like new beginning; relating to the atmospheric phenomenon auroras
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dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
abut  Speak Example sentences
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bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad
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increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
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fit for growing crops, as by plowing
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border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
abysmal  Speak Example sentences
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natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage
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agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
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bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad
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bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
acclivity  Speak Example sentences
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upward slope, as of hill
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being in debt; unpaid, overdue debt or an unfulfilled obligation
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bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
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subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
acerbity  Speak Example sentences
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characteristic of dawn; dawning, eastern, like new beginning; relating to the atmospheric phenomenon auroras
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bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
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sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
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approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
acoustics  Speak Example sentences
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science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in
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natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage
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flexible; becoming or being made suitable to particular situation or use
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increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
advocacy  Speak Example sentences
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support; active pleading on behalf of something
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washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
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items of business at a meeting; list or program of things to be done or considered
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increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
amphitheater  Speak Example sentences
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fastened together; joined by wall, especially by sharing a wall with another building; not freestanding
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oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
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into separate parts or pieces; apart
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durable goods for home or office use; device or instrument for household use
annotate  Speak Example sentences
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fear of heights; abnormal fear of high places
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attach; add as supplement or appendix
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sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
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comment; make explanatory notes
announce  Speak Example sentences
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sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
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fastened together; joined by wall, especially by sharing a wall with another building; not freestanding
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herald; give out; proclaim; make known publicly
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event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; sudden, and unexpected event