3500 ACT Vocabulary

Stories of USA Today
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one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning


Spelling Word: pedant
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insightful; aware; wise; having the ability to perceive


Spelling Word: perceptive
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penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through


Spelling Word: permeable
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large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves


Spelling Word: pineapple
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covering of feathers on bird; feathers used ornamentally; elaborate dress


Spelling Word: plumage
Read [Esc] (6)
inoffensive expression of fat; stout


Spelling Word: portly
Read [Esc] (7)
lack of money; state of being poor; lack of the means of providing material needs or comforts


Spelling Word: poverty
Read [Esc] (8)
former occupant of post; ancestor or forefather


Spelling Word: predecessor
Read [Esc] (9)
ability to foretell future; knowledge of actions or events before they occur; foresight


Spelling Word: prescience
Read [Esc] (10)
sense that something is about to occur; anticipatory fear; premonition


Spelling Word: presentiment