3500 ACT Vocabulary

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smear as with paint; apply with quick or crude strokes to surface; make crude paintings


Spelling Word: daub
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corrupt; seduce from virtue


Spelling Word: debauch
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disfigure; destroy; frustrate; overcome or vanquish; resist with


Spelling Word: defeat
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meaning or indication; distinguishing by name; something, such as a sign or symbol, that denotes


Spelling Word: denotation
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have a negative effect on; impact something


Spelling Word: dent
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feel; discover the presence of; identify


Spelling Word: detect
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go ashore from ship; unload cargo from ship; leave a vehicle or aircraft


Spelling Word: disembark
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destroy courage or resolution by exciting dread; cause to lose enthusiasm


Spelling Word: dismay
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difference; condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or degree


Spelling Word: disparity
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give off liquid; purify; refine; increase the concentration of


Spelling Word: distill