3500 ACT Vocabulary

Stories of USA Today
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gemstone; costly ornament of precious metal or gem


Spelling Word: jewel
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exhibiting good judgment or sound thinking; prudent


Spelling Word: judicious
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small rounded hill or mound; top or crown of hill


Spelling Word: knoll
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set free, as from oppression, confinement, or foreign control; discharge; release


Spelling Word: liberate
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humorous short verse; nonsense song or verse


Spelling Word: limerick
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long life; great duration of life; long duration or continuance, as in an occupation


Spelling Word: longevity
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mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to exaggerated degree


Spelling Word: lugubrious
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song for two or three unaccompanied voices; short poem, often about love, suitable for being set to music


Spelling Word: madrigal
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mental disorder with delusions of grandeur


Spelling Word: megalomania
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imaginary circle on surface of the earth through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator; noon


Spelling Word: meridian