3500 ACT Vocabulary

Stories of USA Today
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raised platform for guests of honor


Spelling Word: dais
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scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops


Spelling Word: dearth
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withdrawing support or help; act of abandoning something to which one is bound by allegiance or duty; failure in duty


Spelling Word: defection
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object because of doubts; hesitate


Spelling Word: demur
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feel or express strong disapproval of; condemn; express sorrow or grief over; regret


Spelling Word: deplore
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extremely poor; utterly lacking; devoid


Spelling Word: destitute
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investigator; one, usually of police force, who investigates crimes and obtains evidence


Spelling Word: detective
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keep from; stop; prevent or discourage from acting


Spelling Word: deter
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causing damage or harm; injurious


Spelling Word: detrimental
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in a diagonal manner; not square to any direction


Spelling Word: diagonally