3500 ACT Vocabulary

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jargon  Speak Example sentences
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(увеличить) intensify; increase; make greater in size; enlarge
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(жаргона) language used by a special group; technical terminology; nonsensical or meaningless talk
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(лексикограф) author or compiler of dictionary; one employed in making of vocabulary or wordbook of language
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(модулировать) tone down in intensity; regulate; change from one key to another
jingoist  Speak Example sentences
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(выбрасывать) throw overboard; eject from boat, submarine, aircraft, or spaceship
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(подражать) copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression
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(слезливый) weeping or inclined to weep; tearful; showing sorrow
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(ура-патриотической) extremely aggressive and militant patriot; one who advocates aggressive nationalism
kiln  Speak Example sentences
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(печи) large oven; furnace
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(меандр) follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction
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(зловонные) foul-smelling; having bad or offensive odor
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(джунгли) land densely overgrown with tropical vegetation; dense, confused mass
lackadaisical  Speak Example sentences
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(путаница) make muddy; mix confusedly; think, act, or proceed in confused or aimless manner
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(мотив) dominant theme or central idea; repeated figure or design in architecture or decoration
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(вялый) lacking purpose or zest; halfhearted; lacking spirit or liveliness
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(Лимерик) humorous short verse; nonsense song or verse
largess  Speak Example sentences
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(зловонные) foul-smelling; having bad or offensive odor
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(лексикограф) author or compiler of dictionary; one employed in making of vocabulary or wordbook of language
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(недомогание) general sense of depression or unease; vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at beginning of illness
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(щедрость) generous gift; money or gifts bestowed
magnificence  Speak Example sentences
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(шедевр) chief excellence or great talent; outstanding work of art or craft
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(летаргия) inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
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(великолепие) grandeur; splendor; grand or imposing beauty
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(щедрые) very liberal in giving; showing great generosity
malaise  Speak Example sentences
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(гибкая) flexible; moving and bending with ease
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(недомогание) general sense of depression or unease; vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at beginning of illness
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(летаргия) inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
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(Лимерик) humorous short verse; nonsense song or verse
masterpiece  Speak Example sentences
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(память) faculty of mind by which it retains the knowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events
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(шедевр) chief excellence or great talent; outstanding work of art or craft
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(гибкая) flexible; moving and bending with ease
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(увеличить) intensify; increase; make greater in size; enlarge
maul  Speak Example sentences
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(недомогание) general sense of depression or unease; vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at beginning of illness
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(мол) handle someone or something in a rough way; cause serious physical wounds
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(монолитных) constituting or acting as a single, often in rigid or uniform
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(неисправности) failure; breakdown; faulty or abnormal functioning
meander  Speak Example sentences
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(великолепие) grandeur; splendor; grand or imposing beauty
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(монолитных) constituting or acting as a single, often in rigid or uniform
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(меандр) follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction
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(Балда) big or clumsy, often stupid person