3500 ACT Vocabulary

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hackneyed  Speak Example sentences
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(دخيل) intruder; one that interferes with affairs of others, often for selfish reasons
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(تمثيل) having no personal preference; objective
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(مبتذل) repeated too often; over familiar through overuse
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(المثقفين) intelligent and educated elite, especially in nineteenth-century Poland, in Russia and later the Soviet Union
hierarchy  Speak Example sentences
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(اللغو) noisy speech; speech or piece of writing with strong feeling or expression
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(الارتجال) thriftless; not providing for future; incautious
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(غير محدد) uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite
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(هرم) arrangement by rank or standing; series in which each element is graded or ranked
hyperbole  Speak Example sentences
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(الغلو) figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis; overstatement
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(لا يمكن التوفيق بينها) incompatible; not able to be resolved
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(فند) dispute or contradict, often in insulting way; challenge
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(يتجزأ) essential or necessary for completeness; entire
idolatry  Speak Example sentences
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(وثنية) worship of idols; excessive admiration
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(توغل) aggressive entrance into foreign territory; raid or invasion
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(هرم) arrangement by rank or standing; series in which each element is graded or ranked
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(مسافات) draw slowly or heavily; pull or drag forcibly; shift direction
impecunious  Speak Example sentences
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(الإهانة) offensive or insulting treatment
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(غير مريح) disbelief; doubt about the truth of something
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(السخرية) causing annoyance, weariness, or vexation; tedious
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(معدم) without money; poor; penniless
impersonal  Speak Example sentences
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(غضب) enrage; make furious or mad with anger
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(هرم) arrangement by rank or standing; series in which each element is graded or ranked
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(تمثيل) having no personal preference; objective
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(دخيل) intruder; one that interferes with affairs of others, often for selfish reasons
imposing  Speak Example sentences
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(السبات) sleep throughout winter; be in inactive or dormant state
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(استخفاف) lack of proper respect; disrespectful act or remark
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(دخيل) intruder; one that interferes with affairs of others, often for selfish reasons
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(فرض) adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; impressive in appearance
imprudent  Speak Example sentences
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(مسرف الحكمة) lacking caution; injudicious; not attentive to consequence
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(لا تقهر) unconquerable; incapable of being overcome
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(البادئة) nick; set in from margin; impress or stamp
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(مسافات) draw slowly or heavily; pull or drag forcibly; shift direction
inadvertent  Speak Example sentences
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(دمج) make whole; combine; make into one unit
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(السبات) sleep throughout winter; be in inactive or dormant state
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(غير مقصود) not intentional; not on purpose; careless; negligent; inattentive
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(التشكك) cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; having an uneven, irregular border
indeterminate  Speak Example sentences
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(غير محدد) uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite
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(بربري) lacking sensibility and understanding; foolish
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(تدفع) drive or force onward; drive forward; urge to action through moral pressure
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(مبدع) in an clever or skillful manner; in an ingenious manner