3500 ACT Vocabulary

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manuscript, typically of papyrus or parchment, that has been written on more than once, with the earlier writing incompletely erased


Spelling Word: palimpsest
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insignificant; lacking in importance or worth; worthless


Spelling Word: paltry
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related to unobstructed and comprehensive view; with a wide view


Spelling Word: panoramic
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one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning


Spelling Word: pedant
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intensely luminous surface of a star ,especially the sun


Spelling Word: photosphere
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flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped


Spelling Word: pliable
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fall straight down; plunge; decline suddenly and steeply


Spelling Word: plummet
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existing in possibility; expected to become or be


Spelling Word: potential
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inherent capacity for coming into being; an aptitude that may be developed


Spelling Word: potentiality
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lack of money; state of being poor; lack of the means of providing material needs or comforts


Spelling Word: poverty