3500 ACT Vocabulary
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (10) - Matching Quizzes
painstaking 
1
 | (процветать) flourish; thrive; gain in wealth; grow stronger |
| (цепкий) capable of grasping or holding; having keen intellect |
| (кропотливая) extremely careful and diligent work or effort; taking of pains |
| (насосы) draw fluid or gas by pressure or suction; supply in great quantities |
parsimonious
2
| (аплодисменты) enthusiastically worded approval; round of applause |
| (денежное) relating to money; requiring payment of money |
| (экономной) excessively unwilling to spend; excessively sparing or frugal |
| (банальный) dull and tiresome; commonplace |
pedant
3
| (плутовской) involving clever rogues or adventurers |
| (педант) one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning |
| (банальный) dull and tiresome; commonplace |
| (ловушка) hidden danger; concealed trap; hidden hazard |
perforate
4
| (топлива) something that propels or drives forward |
| (перфорации) pierce, punch, or bore hole or holes in; penetrate |
| (Pinnacle) peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak |
| (плутовской) involving clever rogues or adventurers |
pitfall
5
| (цепкий) capable of grasping or holding; having keen intellect |
| (ловушка) hidden danger; concealed trap; hidden hazard |
| (постулат) essential premise; underlying assumption |
| (движитель) driving forward; having power to propel |
plantation
6
| (плантации) farm; an area under cultivation; a group of cultivated trees or plants |
| (профессионализм) expertness characteristic of a professional person |
| (красота) great physical beauty and appeal; attractive moral excellence; moral beauty |
| (Pinnacle) peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak |
plunge
7
| (окунуться) dive; submerge; become suddenly lower; decrease dramatically; throw oneself into a substance or place |
| (аплодисменты) enthusiastically worded approval; round of applause |
| (толстокожее животное) any of various large, thick-skinned, hoofed mammals, as elephant |
| (мирской) violate; put to improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse |
porous
8
| (распылить) pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust |
| (денежное) relating to money; requiring payment of money |
| (пористых) full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through |
| (позер) person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant to impress others |
portend
9
| (палимпсест) manuscript, typically of papyrus or parchment, that has been written on more than once, with the earlier writing incompletely erased |
| (предвещают) foretell; serve as an omen or a warning of; indicate by prediction |
| (движитель) driving forward; having power to propel |
| (дерзкий) improperly forward or bold; trim and stylish in appearance |
premeditate
10
| (цепкий) capable of grasping or holding; having keen intellect |
| (предзнаменованием) omen; forewarning; something that portends an event about to occur, especially unfortunate or evil event |
| (обдумывайте) plan, arrange, or plot in advance; deliberate upon future action |
| (пессимизм) belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess |