3500 ACT Vocabulary

Stories of USA Today
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Read [Esc] (1)
wooden; impersonal; deliberately impassive or expressionless, as face or look


Spelling Word: deadpan
Read [Esc] (2)
reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem; degrade


Spelling Word: debase
Read [Esc] (3)
process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline; falling off or away; decay


Spelling Word: decadence
Read [Esc] (4)
weakened, worn out, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use


Spelling Word: decrepit
Read [Esc] (5)
done with or marked by full consciousness of the nature and effects; intentional


Spelling Word: deliberate
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outcome; final resolution or clarification of dramatic or narrative plot


Spelling Word: denouement
Read [Esc] (7)
lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle


Spelling Word: depreciate
Read [Esc] (8)
vaguely; in a dim or obscure manner; with dull or imperfect vision or a faint light; not brightly or clearly


Spelling Word: dimly
Read [Esc] (9)
not harmonious; conflicting; disagreeable in sound; harsh or dissonant


Spelling Word: discordant
Read [Esc] (10)
cut into small parts; withdraw or exclude from membership, as of a society or body


Spelling Word: dismember