3500 ACT Vocabulary

Stories of USA Today
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fatalism  Speak Example sentences
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belief that events are determined by forces beyond one's control
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insisting capriciously on getting just what one wants; difficult to please; fussy
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young and inexperienced; having just acquired its flight feathers
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elegant; showing grace of movement, form, or proportion
fictional  Speak Example sentences
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foolishness; lack of good sense, understanding, or foresight
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socially awkward or tactless act; foolish error, especially one made in public
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imaginary; invented, as opposed to real
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sad and lonely; wretched; abandoned or left behind
float  Speak Example sentences
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flowing; series of changes; state of being liquid through heat
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drift along; make the surface of level or smooth; move lightly
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prevent by taking action in advance
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belief that events are determined by forces beyond one's control
flux  Speak Example sentences
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intensely cold; lacking warmth; stiff and formal in manner
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free, without charge; costing nothing
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flowing; series of changes; state of being liquid through heat
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vain man; one who want to get admiration by dress; man excessively concerned with his clothes and appearance
foible  Speak Example sentences
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moral weakness; failing; weak point; slight fault
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talking much and repetition of unimportant or trivial details
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full of high-spirited fun; gay; given to merry
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insisting capriciously on getting just what one wants; difficult to please; fussy
folly  Speak Example sentences
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foolishness; lack of good sense, understanding, or foresight
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having or assuming relationship of child or offspring to parent
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moral weakness; failing; weak point; slight fault
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drift along; make the surface of level or smooth; move lightly
fop  Speak Example sentences
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belief that events are determined by forces beyond one's control
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vain man; one who want to get admiration by dress; man excessively concerned with his clothes and appearance
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inclined to make trouble; disobedient; irritable
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rob; strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; ask unreasonable price
forestall  Speak Example sentences
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full of high-spirited fun; gay; given to merry
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prevent by taking action in advance
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excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause
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renounce or deny something, especially under oath; swear falsely, usually under pressure
frank  Speak Example sentences
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prevent by taking action in advance
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try to stir up public opinion; promote growth of; apply warm lotion to
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person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause; showing evidence of possession by a god or demon
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honest; sincere; open and sincere in expression; straightforward
fulsome  Speak Example sentences
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renounce or deny something, especially under oath; swear falsely, usually under pressure
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offensively flattering or insincere; offensive; disgusting
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elegant; showing grace of movement, form, or proportion
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insisting capriciously on getting just what one wants; difficult to please; fussy