3500 ACT Vocabulary

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paltry  Speak Example sentences
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(приходских) narrow in outlook; related to local church community
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(ничтожные) insignificant; lacking in importance or worth; worthless
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(перегринации) travel or journey, especially by foot, notably by pilgrim
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(ударные) striking one object against another sharply
panache  Speak Example sentences
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(волокита) faithless lover; fickle lover; flirt, usually applies only to men
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(щегольство) distinctive and stylish elegance; a bunch of feathers or plume, especially on a helmet
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(протеже) person guided and protected by a more prominent person
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(запретительные) tending to discourage; prohibiting; forbidding
parody  Speak Example sentences
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(ударные) striking one object against another sharply
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(пародии) work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
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(животных) animal kept for amusement or companionship
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(целлюлозы) fruit flesh; any soft or soggy mass
parry  Speak Example sentences
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(полнота) abundance; completeness; ample amount or quantity
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(парировать) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
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(болтать) speak foolishly; talk idly and at length; chatter
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(выступающих) extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
pathogenic  Speak Example sentences
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(притчи) short, simple story teaching moral or religious lesson
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(ничтожные) insignificant; lacking in importance or worth; worthless
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(плебейской) crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar
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(патогенных) able to cause disease; producing disease
paucity  Speak Example sentences
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(нехватка) scarcity; smallness of number; fewness
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(соответствующих) having precise or logical relevance; pertaining or relating
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(похищать) steal, often in violation of trust; put away; remove
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(филантроп) person who loves mankind in general; very generous person or institution
performer  Speak Example sentences
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(исполнителя) entertainer; who performs or takes part in a play or performance of any kind
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(полнота) abundance; completeness; ample amount or quantity
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(ничтожные) insignificant; lacking in importance or worth; worthless
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(изобилие) overabundance; lavish or unrestrained expense
pertinent  Speak Example sentences
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(склонность) inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning
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(парировать) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
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(расточительного) inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly; wildly immoral
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(соответствующих) having precise or logical relevance; pertaining or relating
pet  Speak Example sentences
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(животных) animal kept for amusement or companionship
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(беременных) expecting a baby; carrying within the body or being about to produce new life
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(окаменение) convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike
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(Pinnacle) peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak
plaudit  Speak Example sentences
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(Педагогика) teaching; art of education; science of teaching
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(аплодисменты) enthusiastically worded approval; round of applause
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(протеже) person guided and protected by a more prominent person
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(выступающих) extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary