3500 ACT Vocabulary

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bantering  Speak Example sentences
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(опровергают) contradict; give a false impression
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(банально) obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
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(насмешливо) good-natured ridiculing; cleverly amusing in tone
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(Парикмахер) haircutter; one whose business is to cut hair and to shave or trim beards
barber  Speak Example sentences
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(Парикмахер) haircutter; one whose business is to cut hair and to shave or trim beards
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(краткость) quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
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(основой) foundation; basis; solid rock that underlies loose material, such as soil, sand, clay, or gravel
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(блаженной) completely happy and contented; showing or producing exalted joy
bastion  Speak Example sentences
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(краткость) quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
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(цветения) flower; blossom; best time of youth; period of greatest prosperity or productivity
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(бандану) large and brightly colored handkerchief; often used as a neckerchief
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(бастион) fortress; projecting part of fortification; well-fortified position
bedrock  Speak Example sentences
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(замешательство) lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
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(основой) foundation; basis; solid rock that underlies loose material, such as soil, sand, clay, or gravel
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(хоккей с мячом) discuss lightly or glibly; exchange words heatedly
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(бомбардировки) attack with missiles; continuous attack with shot and shell upon a town, fort, or other position
bereft  Speak Example sentences
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(кривоногий) have legs that curve outward at the knees
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(лишен) deprived of; lacking; desolate because of loss
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(запоздалый) having been delayed; done or sent too late
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(утраты) grievous loss; particularly, the loss of a relative or friend by death
beset  Speak Example sentences
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(бандану) large and brightly colored handkerchief; often used as a neckerchief
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(лишен) deprived of; lacking; desolate because of loss
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(основой) foundation; basis; solid rock that underlies loose material, such as soil, sand, clay, or gravel
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(сталкиваются) attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
bilious  Speak Example sentences
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(зловещий) portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
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(отверстие) drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
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(похабные) indecent; obscene; humorously coarse
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(желчных) suffering from indigestion; appearing as if affected by disorder; sickly
bloom  Speak Example sentences
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(пряжки) fold or collapse; bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat
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(Парикмахер) haircutter; one whose business is to cut hair and to shave or trim beards
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(цветения) flower; blossom; best time of youth; period of greatest prosperity or productivity
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(зловещий) portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
bluster  Speak Example sentences
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(похабные) indecent; obscene; humorously coarse
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(бахвальство) blow in heavy gusts; speak in a loudly arrogant or bullying manner
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(желчных) suffering from indigestion; appearing as if affected by disorder; sickly
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(бурлеск) give an imitation that ridicules; imitate mockingly or humorously
bowdlerize  Speak Example sentences
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(опровергают) contradict; give a false impression
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(сталкиваются) attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
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(выбрасывать все нежелательное из текста) edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
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(буколическое) rustic; pastoral; agricultural; relating to country affairs, or to shepherd's life and occupation