3500 ACT Vocabulary

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offer sudden or harsh resistance; turn down or shut out; repel or drive back


Spelling Word: rebuff
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disprove; prove to be false or incorrect


Spelling Word: refute
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retort; comeback; answer to a reply


Spelling Word: rejoinder
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give in; become more compassionate or forgiving; cause to soften in attitude or temper


Spelling Word: relent
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echoing; strong and deep in tone; resounding; having lasting presence or effect


Spelling Word: resonant
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prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs


Spelling Word: salient
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healthful; favorable to health; promoting health; wholesome


Spelling Word: salubrious
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enclose with protective covering; encase; cover up or hide


Spelling Word: sheathe
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doubter; person who suspends judgment until evidence has been examined


Spelling Word: skeptic
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instruction; description; act of specifying, or making a detailed statement


Spelling Word: specification