3500 ACT Vocabulary

Stories of USA Today
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four-sided polygon; having four sides


Spelling Word: quadrilateral
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of very poor quality or condition; loose-jointed; ill-made; out of gear or repair


Spelling Word: ramshackle
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excessively greedy; predatory; taking by force; plundering


Spelling Word: rapacious
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fulfillment; awareness; coming to understand something clearly and distinctly


Spelling Word: realization
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grow ripe; cause to [___] or develop fully


Spelling Word: ripen
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memorizing process using routine or repetition; sound of surf breaking on the shore


Spelling Word: rote
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having cloyingly sweet attitude, tone, or character; overly sweet


Spelling Word: saccharine
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fulfillment or gratification of a desire, need, or appetite; source or means of gratification


Spelling Word: satisfaction
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gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck


Spelling Word: serendipity
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winding; bending in and out; not morally honest


Spelling Word: sinuous