3500 ACT Vocabulary
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (10) - Matching Quizzes
painting 
1
 | (похотливый) having or causing lustful thoughts and desires; having eager desire for something |
| (предпочтительно) favored; better; more desirable or worthy than another; preferred |
| (живопись) drawing; picture or design in paint; action of applying paint to a surface |
| (прозаические) dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual |
palatial
2
| (живопись) drawing; picture or design in paint; action of applying paint to a surface |
| (роскошный) of nature of palace, as in spaciousness or ornateness |
| (прологом) introduction, usually to a poem or play |
| (оперение) covering of feathers on bird; feathers used ornamentally; elaborate dress |
palette
3
| (патина) green crust on old bronze works; tone slowly taken by varnished painting |
| (полный) inoffensive expression of fat; stout |
| (плутовской) involving clever rogues or adventurers |
| (палитра) board on which painter mixes pigments |
pastoral
4
| (похотливый) having or causing lustful thoughts and desires; having eager desire for something |
| (пористых) full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through |
| (пастырской) rural; relating to shepherds or herders; relating to the country or country life |
| (плагиатом) steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own |
peculate
5
| (расхищать) embezzle; appropriate fraudulently to one's own use; steal public moneys intrusted to one's care |
| (точности) exactness; accuracy; number of significant digits to which a value has been reliably measured |
| (смягчить) lessen violence of disease; moderate intensity; gloss over with excuses |
| (склонны) inclined; lying face downward; having a tendency |
petrify
6
| (окаменение) convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike |
| (болтать) speak foolishly; talk idly and at length; chatter |
| (роскошный) of nature of palace, as in spaciousness or ornateness |
| (похищать) steal, often in violation of trust; put away; remove |
philistine
7
| (пестрый) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; multicolored |
| (грабеж) rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder; take as spoils |
| (болтать) speak foolishly; talk idly and at length; chatter |
| (мещанской) narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain |
plumage
8
| (оперение) covering of feathers on bird; feathers used ornamentally; elaborate dress |
| (склонны) inclined; lying face downward; having a tendency |
| (окунуться) dive; submerge; become suddenly lower; decrease dramatically; throw oneself into a substance or place |
| (Педагогика) teaching; art of education; science of teaching |
pollinate
9
| (Перефразируя) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
| (полигональных) having many sides or relating to a surface marked by polygons |
| (проектирование) extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary |
| (опыляют) fertilize by transferring pollen |
portent
10
| (плуг) farm implement consisting of a heavy blade at the end of a beam |
| (предпочтительно) favored; better; more desirable or worthy than another; preferred |
| (распылить) pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust |
| (предзнаменованием) omen; forewarning; something that portends an event about to occur, especially unfortunate or evil event |