3500 ACT Vocabulary

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pare  Speak Example sentences
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(пор) gaze intently; stare; scrutinize; read or study carefully and attentively
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(пропасть) cliff; overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; dangerous position
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(помпезности) excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; acting like stuffed shirt
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(сравнить) remove outer covering or skin of with knife or similar instrument
parsimony  Speak Example sentences
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(покров) grow tiresome; have dulling, wearisome, or boring effect
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(скупости) extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
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(практически) feasible; capable of being effected, done, or put into practice
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(помпезности) excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; acting like stuffed shirt
peculate  Speak Example sentences
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(престижной) honored; respected; reputed; exerting influence by reason of high status
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(скупости) extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
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(предписание) rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order
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(расхищать) embezzle; appropriate fraudulently to one's own use; steal public moneys intrusted to one's care
penitent  Speak Example sentences
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(плебейской) crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar
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(пикантный) pleasantly tart-tasting; stimulating; charming or attractive
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(кающегося) feeling or expressing deep regret for misdeeds
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(четности) equality in status or amount; similarity or close
perceptive  Speak Example sentences
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(проницательный) insightful; aware; wise; having the ability to perceive
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(бледное) abnormally pale; lacking intensity of color or luminousness
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(птеродактиля) extinct flying reptiles that existed during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods
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(плебейской) crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar
percussion  Speak Example sentences
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(ударные) striking one object against another sharply
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(процедить) spread gradually; cause liquid to pass through small holes; filter
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(малодушных) cowardly; lacking strength and firmness of mind
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(практически) feasible; capable of being effected, done, or put into practice
persistence  Speak Example sentences
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(кающегося) feeling or expressing deep regret for misdeeds
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(практически) feasible; capable of being effected, done, or put into practice
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(сохранение) endurance; tenacity; state or quality of being persistent; persistency
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(плебейской) crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar
pile  Speak Example sentences
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(сравнить) remove outer covering or skin of with knife or similar instrument
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(многолетних) lasting indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; remaining active throughout all the time
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(куча) large timber or post; heap; hair; fiber of wool, cotton; head of an arrow or spear
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(помпезности) excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; acting like stuffed shirt
pore  Speak Example sentences
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(пикантный) pleasantly tart-tasting; stimulating; charming or attractive
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(малодушных) cowardly; lacking strength and firmness of mind
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(плантации) farm; an area under cultivation; a group of cultivated trees or plants
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(пор) gaze intently; stare; scrutinize; read or study carefully and attentively
precept  Speak Example sentences
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(помпезности) excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; acting like stuffed shirt
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(филология) study of language; investigation of language and its literature
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(покров) grow tiresome; have dulling, wearisome, or boring effect
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(предписание) rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order