3500 ACT Vocabulary
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (10) - Matching Quizzes
parliamentary 
1
 | (парламентской) having the supreme legislative power |
| (предзнаменованием) omen; forewarning; something that portends an event about to occur, especially unfortunate or evil event |
| (тяжелый) slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull |
| (предлогом) excuse; something serving to conceal plans; fictitious reason |
paroxysm
2
| (роскошный) of nature of palace, as in spaciousness or ornateness |
| (приступа) sudden outburst of emotion or action; sudden attack, recurrence, or intensification of a disease |
| (парламентской) having the supreme legislative power |
| (эксперт) authority on a subject; learned person; expert |
pertinent
3
| (соответствующих) having precise or logical relevance; pertaining or relating |
| (продолжить) follow a certain course; move ahead; travel onward |
| (благочестивых) devout; religious; exhibiting strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality |
| (Педагогика) teaching; art of education; science of teaching |
pessimism
4
| (прологом) introduction, usually to a poem or play |
| (предлогом) excuse; something serving to conceal plans; fictitious reason |
| (пессимизм) belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess |
| (роскошный) of nature of palace, as in spaciousness or ornateness |
philology
5
| (филология) study of language; investigation of language and its literature |
| (выступать) extend out or project in space; stick out |
| (поставщику) one who supplies provisions, especially food; caterer |
| (роскошный) of nature of palace, as in spaciousness or ornateness |
phlegmatic
6
| (педант) one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning |
| (предлогом) excuse; something serving to conceal plans; fictitious reason |
| (флегматичный) calm; not easily disturbed; not easily excited to action or passion |
| (сантехника) installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building |
pithy
7
| (пор) gaze intently; stare; scrutinize; read or study carefully and attentively |
| (содержательный) precisely meaningful; forceful and brief |
| (преобладают) induce; be greater in strength or influence; triumph; win out |
| (благочестивых) devout; religious; exhibiting strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality |
plunge
8
| (окунуться) dive; submerge; become suddenly lower; decrease dramatically; throw oneself into a substance or place |
| (предзнаменованием) omen; forewarning; something that portends an event about to occur, especially unfortunate or evil event |
| (бедность) extreme poverty; lack of something; barrenness; insufficiency |
| (фаланга) compact or close knit group of people, animals, or things |
ponderous
9
| (фаланга) compact or close knit group of people, animals, or things |
| (сверхъестественное) being beyond normal course of nature; differing from natural |
| (педант) one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning |
| (тяжелый) slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull |
potential
10
| (добычу) hunt or catch; victimize or make a profit at someone else's expense |
| (потенциал) existing in possibility; expected to become or be |
| (благочестивых) devout; religious; exhibiting strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality |
| (выступать) extend out or project in space; stick out |