3500 ACT Vocabulary

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destroy or kill a large part of; select by lot and kill one in every ten of


Spelling Word: decimate
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having harmful effect; injurious; having quality of destroying life; noxious; poisonous


Spelling Word: deleterious
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intentionally; purposely; with careful consideration or deliberation; with full intent;


Spelling Word: deliberately
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object because of doubts; hesitate


Spelling Word: demur
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represent in a picture or sculpture; portray in words; describe


Spelling Word: depict
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force to leave; remove from office


Spelling Word: depose
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express disapproval of; protest against; belittle


Spelling Word: deprecate
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expressing devotion or piety; earnest in religious field


Spelling Word: devout
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make uneasy or perplexed; cause to lose one's composure; disconcert


Spelling Word: discomfit
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sad; cheerless; gloomy; hopeless or not expecting


Spelling Word: disconsolate