3500 ACT Vocabulary
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (10) - Matching Quizzes
pandemic 
1
 | (пародии) work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
| (Пандемия) widespread; affecting majority of people |
| (первобытных) ancient; primitive; belonging to the first or earliest age; original or ancient |
| (педант) one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning |
pander
2
| (потворствовать) offer illicit sex with third party; tempt with or appeal to improper motivations |
| (изобилие) overabundance; lavish or unrestrained expense |
| (вероломное) tending to betray; disloyal; faithless |
| (посмертно) after death, as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death |
paramount
3
| (первостепенное) foremost in importance; supreme in rank |
| (предзнаменованием) omen; forewarning; something that portends an event about to occur, especially unfortunate or evil event |
| (Пандемия) widespread; affecting majority of people |
| (спокойный) peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet |
parsimony
4
| (скупости) extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily |
| (распространенных) widespread; widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted |
| (пассивные) lacking in energy or will; peacefully resistant in response to injustice |
| (спокойный) peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet |
pauper
5
| (обнародовать) proclaim doctrine or law; make known by official publication |
| (плагиатом) steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own |
| (нищий) very poor person; one living on or eligible for public charity |
| (Патент) grant made by government to creator the sole right; invention protected by grant |
pecuniary
6
| (денежное) relating to money; requiring payment of money |
| (медлить) postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness |
| (распространенных) widespread; widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted |
| (плутовской) involving clever rogues or adventurers |
pedant
7
| (патина) green crust on old bronze works; tone slowly taken by varnished painting |
| (плагиатом) steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own |
| (педант) one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning |
| (пассивные) lacking in energy or will; peacefully resistant in response to injustice |
picaresque
8
| (пестрый) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; multicolored |
| (оперение) covering of feathers on bird; feathers used ornamentally; elaborate dress |
| (трепетать) beat rapidly; shake with fast, tremulous movements |
| (плутовской) involving clever rogues or adventurers |
pile
9
| (куча) large timber or post; heap; hair; fiber of wool, cotton; head of an arrow or spear |
| (нищий) very poor person; one living on or eligible for public charity |
| (денежное) relating to money; requiring payment of money |
| (топлива) something that propels or drives forward |
placate
10
| (плагиатом) steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own |
| (успокоить) appease or pacify; bring peace to |
| (грабеж) rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder; take as spoils |
| (предчувствие) sense that something is about to occur; anticipatory fear; premonition |