3500 ACT Vocabulary

Stories of USA Today
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ablution  Speak Example sentences
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warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
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washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
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impending; of the relatively near future; coming closer to another
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dictator; ruler having unlimited power
accentuate  Speak Example sentences
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having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
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essay; editorial; individual thing or element of a class
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attach; add as supplement or appendix
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emphasize; stress; pronounce with a stress or accent; mark with an accent
adept  Speak Example sentences
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expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
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attach; add as supplement or appendix
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have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
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self-evident truth requiring no proof
admonish  Speak Example sentences
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warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
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leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
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impending; of the relatively near future; coming closer to another
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feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack; quality of being bold and enterprising
aggressiveness  Speak Example sentences
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feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack; quality of being bold and enterprising
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plentiful; possessing riches or resources
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preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background
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expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
animated  Speak Example sentences
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sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
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firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
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fasten; append; add on; secure to something
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having life or vigor or spirit; filled with activity; in form of cartoon
anonymous  Speak Example sentences
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having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
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preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background
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sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
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emphasize; stress; pronounce with a stress or accent; mark with an accent
approaching  Speak Example sentences
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expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
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feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack; quality of being bold and enterprising
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fastened together; joined by wall, especially by sharing a wall with another building; not freestanding
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impending; of the relatively near future; coming closer to another
archetype  Speak Example sentences
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prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
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self-evident truth requiring no proof
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unclear or doubtful in meaning
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denying existence of God; godless
article  Speak Example sentences
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indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
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self-evident truth requiring no proof
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causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
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essay; editorial; individual thing or element of a class