ESL ACT Vocabulary
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n. conductor of a band |
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bang |
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n. a vigorous blow; a conspicuous success |
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bankrupt |
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v. cause to become financially ruin; ruin |
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bar |
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n. Syn. caf‚ a counter where you can obtain food or drink; cafe; strip; stick |
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barbecue |
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n. a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors |
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barn |
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n. an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals |
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baroque |
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a. Syn. embellished; elaborate complex or bizarre, especially in ornamentation; irregular in shape |
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barren |
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a. Syn. desolate desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking |
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basement |
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n. Syn. cellar cellar; storage room |
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basin |
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n. bowl-shaped vessel, usually used for holding food or liquids |
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beaded |
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a. covered with beads of liquid |
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behavior |
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n. Syn. conduct; manner conduct; manner |
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beleaguer |
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v. Syn. harass besiege or attack; harass; surround with troops |
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belie |
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v. Syn. contradict contradict; give a false impression |
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bellows |
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n. a mechanical device that blows air onto a fire to make it burn more fiercely |
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benefit |
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n. Syn. welfare; gain advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain |
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betray |
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v. Syn. reveal be unfaithful; reveal unconsciously or unwillingly |
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bicameral |
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a. Syn. cameral composed of or based on two legislative chambers or branches |
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biography |
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n. an account of the series of events making up a person's life; accounts of people's life |
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bison |
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n. any of several large shaggy-manned humped bovid having large heads and short horns |