3500 ACT Vocabulary

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pallid  Speak Example sentences
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(бледное) abnormally pale; lacking intensity of color or luminousness
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(кропотливая) extremely careful and diligent work or effort; taking of pains
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(пастырской) rural; relating to shepherds or herders; relating to the country or country life
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(поляризации) split into opposite extremes or camps
papyrus  Speak Example sentences
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(персонал) group of people willing to obey orders
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(резкое) extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward
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(папирус) ancient paper made from stem of plant
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(лишения) hardship; state of extreme poverty
parliamentary  Speak Example sentences
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(кропотливая) extremely careful and diligent work or effort; taking of pains
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(цепкий) capable of grasping or holding; having keen intellect
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(парламентской) having the supreme legislative power
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(живопись) drawing; picture or design in paint; action of applying paint to a surface
pastoral  Speak Example sentences
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(пастырской) rural; relating to shepherds or herders; relating to the country or country life
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(похотливый) having or causing lustful thoughts and desires; having eager desire for something
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(плодовитый) producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile
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(парадигма) one that serves as a pattern or model; system of assumptions, concepts, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
permeable  Speak Example sentences
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(псевдонимом) pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role
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(парламентской) having the supreme legislative power
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(проницаемой) penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through
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(движитель) driving forward; having power to propel
perspicacious  Speak Example sentences
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(совершенство) flawlessness; excellence; state of being without flaw or defect
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(проницательный) having keen insight; mentally perceptive; astute
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(продолжить) follow a certain course; move ahead; travel onward
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(сторонником) one who argues in support of something; advocate; backer
piecemeal  Speak Example sentences
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(нищий) very poor person; one living on or eligible for public charity
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(по частям) by a small amount at a time; in stages; gradually
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(щегольство) distinctive and stylish elegance; a bunch of feathers or plume, especially on a helmet
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(ананас) large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves
plaudit  Speak Example sentences
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(парламентской) having the supreme legislative power
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(послеоперационных) happening or done after a surgical operation
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(аплодисменты) enthusiastically worded approval; round of applause
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(чумы) epidemic disease with a high death rate; annoyance
polygonal  Speak Example sentences
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(постулат) essential premise; underlying assumption
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(папирус) ancient paper made from stem of plant
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(проницательный) having keen insight; mentally perceptive; astute
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(полигональных) having many sides or relating to a surface marked by polygons
prate  Speak Example sentences
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(болтать) speak foolishly; talk idly and at length; chatter
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(сторонником) one who argues in support of something; advocate; backer
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(чумы) epidemic disease with a high death rate; annoyance
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(потворствовать) offer illicit sex with third party; tempt with or appeal to improper motivations