3500 ACT Vocabulary

Stories of USA Today
Materials for Reading & Listening Practice
Quick Access Resources:
Print PDF Quiz/Test Online Study
 Group (10) - Matching Quizzes
Word List   Previous   Next    
parochial  Speak Example sentences
1
Exercise
(нехватка) scarcity; smallness of number; fewness
Exercise
(приходских) narrow in outlook; related to local church community
Exercise
(сверстников) gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
Exercise
(персонал) group of people willing to obey orders
passive  Speak Example sentences
2
Exercise
(притчи) short, simple story teaching moral or religious lesson
Exercise
(пассивные) lacking in energy or will; peacefully resistant in response to injustice
Exercise
(практически) feasible; capable of being effected, done, or put into practice
Exercise
(сосна) have desire for something or someone; yearn; grieve or mourn for
paucity  Speak Example sentences
3
Exercise
(императивной) offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal
Exercise
(отважную) having or showing courage and spirit in trying circumstances
Exercise
(сверстников) gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
Exercise
(нехватка) scarcity; smallness of number; fewness
penury  Speak Example sentences
4
Exercise
(отложить) hold back to a later time; delay; defer
Exercise
(покров) grow tiresome; have dulling, wearisome, or boring effect
Exercise
(бедность) extreme poverty; lack of something; barrenness; insufficiency
Exercise
(пессимизм) belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess
phalanx  Speak Example sentences
5
Exercise
(фаланга) compact or close knit group of people, animals, or things
Exercise
(обдумывайте) plan, arrange, or plot in advance; deliberate upon future action
Exercise
(отложить) hold back to a later time; delay; defer
Exercise
(распылить) pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust
placid  Speak Example sentences
6
Exercise
(кающегося) feeling or expressing deep regret for misdeeds
Exercise
(фаланга) compact or close knit group of people, animals, or things
Exercise
(спокойный) peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet
Exercise
(императивной) offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal
plucky  Speak Example sentences
7
Exercise
(отважную) having or showing courage and spirit in trying circumstances
Exercise
(бедность) lack of money; state of being poor; lack of the means of providing material needs or comforts
Exercise
(непомерно) forbiddingly; in a prohibitive manner; so as to prohibit
Exercise
(отложить) hold back to a later time; delay; defer
plunge  Speak Example sentences
8
Exercise
(кающегося) feeling or expressing deep regret for misdeeds
Exercise
(точности) exactness; accuracy; number of significant digits to which a value has been reliably measured
Exercise
(окунуться) dive; submerge; become suddenly lower; decrease dramatically; throw oneself into a substance or place
Exercise
(обдумывайте) plan, arrange, or plot in advance; deliberate upon future action
poignancy  Speak Example sentences
9
Exercise
(фаланга) compact or close knit group of people, animals, or things
Exercise
(процветать) flourish; thrive; gain in wealth; grow stronger
Exercise
(остроту) state of deeply felt distress or sorrow; keenness of emotion
Exercise
(феноменально) in a manner that is extraordinary or amazing
predetermine  Speak Example sentences
10
Exercise
(предопределяют) determine, decide, or establish in advance; influence markedly
Exercise
(парламентской) having the supreme legislative power
Exercise
(пролетарской) member of working class; blue collar person
Exercise
(сосна) have desire for something or someone; yearn; grieve or mourn for