3500 ACT Vocabulary

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peregrination  Speak Example sentences
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(окаменение) convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike
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(перегринации) travel or journey, especially by foot, notably by pilgrim
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(фотосферы) intensely luminous surface of a star ,especially the sun
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(оперение) covering of feathers on bird; feathers used ornamentally; elaborate dress
pessimism  Speak Example sentences
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(упредить) appropriate, seize, or take for oneself before others; gain possession of by prior right or opportunity
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(пропасть) cliff; overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; dangerous position
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(пессимизм) belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess
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(трепетать) beat rapidly; shake with fast, tremulous movements
pinnacle  Speak Example sentences
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(ощутимым) tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable
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(Pinnacle) peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak
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(периферии) edge, especially of a round surface; surface of a solid; circumference
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(знаменательное) full of unspecifiable significance; exciting wonder and awe; wonderful
plumage  Speak Example sentences
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(пропасть) cliff; overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; dangerous position
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(выступающих) extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
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(оперение) covering of feathers on bird; feathers used ornamentally; elaborate dress
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(близость) property of being close together; kinship; nearness; similarity in nature
pomposity  Speak Example sentences
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(плодовитый) producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile
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(помпезности) excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; acting like stuffed shirt
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(столпотворение) state of extreme confusion and disorder; very noisy place
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(упредить) appropriate, seize, or take for oneself before others; gain possession of by prior right or opportunity
precipice  Speak Example sentences
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(экономной) excessively unwilling to spend; excessively sparing or frugal
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(окаменение) convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike
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(пропасть) cliff; overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; dangerous position
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(совершенство) flawlessness; excellence; state of being without flaw or defect
preempt  Speak Example sentences
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(упредить) appropriate, seize, or take for oneself before others; gain possession of by prior right or opportunity
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(щегольство) distinctive and stylish elegance; a bunch of feathers or plume, especially on a helmet
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(перегринации) travel or journey, especially by foot, notably by pilgrim
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(педантичный) marked by precise accordance with details
prelude  Speak Example sentences
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(трепетать) beat rapidly; shake with fast, tremulous movements
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(мирской) violate; put to improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse
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(роскошный) of nature of palace, as in spaciousness or ornateness
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(прелюдией) introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface
prohibitively  Speak Example sentences
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(непомерно) forbiddingly; in a prohibitive manner; so as to prohibit
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(экономной) excessively unwilling to spend; excessively sparing or frugal
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(исполнителя) entertainer; who performs or takes part in a play or performance of any kind
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(проницаемой) penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through
prolific  Speak Example sentences
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(близость) property of being close together; kinship; nearness; similarity in nature
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(экономной) excessively unwilling to spend; excessively sparing or frugal
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(плодовитый) producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile
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(трепетать) beat rapidly; shake with fast, tremulous movements