3500 ACT Vocabulary

Stories of USA Today
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person who has compulsive desire to steal


Spelling Word: kleptomaniac
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brief; effectively cut short; marked by use of few words


Spelling Word: laconic
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escape fluid from container through a hole or crack; tell anonymously; reveal


Spelling Word: leak
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explanatory list of symbols on a map; unverified story handed down from earlier times


Spelling Word: legend
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large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots


Spelling Word: leopard
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fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant; thread made from fibers of the flax plant


Spelling Word: linen
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settle accounts to pay them off; clear up


Spelling Word: liquidate
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lacking in spirit or energy to exert effort


Spelling Word: listless
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awkward and stupid person; troublemaker, often violent


Spelling Word: lout
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strict disciplinarian; one who demands absolute adherence to forms and rules


Spelling Word: martinet