ESL ACT Vocabulary

Stories of USA Today
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quartz  Speak Example sentences
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deliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic purposes
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a hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form
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a session of intensive tuition; something relating to tutors or tutoring
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difficult to use or handle because of size or weight or shape; lacking grace in movement or posture
rainbow  Speak Example sentences
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arc of colored light in sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain
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color; dye with a color
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breathtaking; strikingly beautiful or attractive
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destruction of a ship, as by storm or collision; complete failure or ruin
raven  Speak Example sentences
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air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog
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a more or less elongated process or organ, simple or branched, proceeding from the head or cephalic region of invertebrate animals, being either an organ of sense or motion
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detail; designate
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consume greedily; devour; seek or seize as prey or plunder
renewable  Speak Example sentences
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a session of intensive tuition; something relating to tutors or tutoring
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act of rationing
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capable of being renewed or extended
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cause fluid to scatter in flying masses; strike and dash about, as water, mud
reversible  Speak Example sentences
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consume greedily; devour; seek or seize as prey or plunder
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a quality of variability and lack of uniformity
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capable of being reversed
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block consisting of a thick piece of something
rubble  Speak Example sentences
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able to feel; responsive to external conditions; susceptible to attitudes of others
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detail; designate
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axes; vertical passage into a mine; long narrow stem or body of a spear or arrow
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broken fragments; irregular pieces of rock
semiliterate  Speak Example sentences
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a quality of variability and lack of uniformity
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a hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form
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craftsman who weaves cloth
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barely able to read and write; able to read but not to write
soluble  Speak Example sentences
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apparently; supposedly
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broken fragments; irregular pieces of rock
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able to be dissolved; able to be explained
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color; dye with a color
splash  Speak Example sentences
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barely able to read and write; able to read but not to write
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change in outward structure or looks; convert
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affecting all; general; present everywhere; relating to the entire world or all within the world; worldwide
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cause fluid to scatter in flying masses; strike and dash about, as water, mud
stagecoach  Speak Example sentences
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block consisting of a thick piece of something
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a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns
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branch that flows into the main stream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
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brilliant; delighted