3500 ACT Vocabulary
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (10) - Matching Quizzes
painstaking 
1
 | (притчи) short, simple story teaching moral or religious lesson |
| (кропотливая) extremely careful and diligent work or effort; taking of pains |
| (бедность) extreme poverty; lack of something; barrenness; insufficiency |
| (нищий) very poor person; one living on or eligible for public charity |
paltry
2
| (упредить) appropriate, seize, or take for oneself before others; gain possession of by prior right or opportunity |
| (ничтожные) insignificant; lacking in importance or worth; worthless |
| (ребяческой) childish; belonging to childhood; immature |
| (плебейской) crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar |
parable
3
| (притчи) short, simple story teaching moral or religious lesson |
| (выдающийся) outstanding; superior to or notable above all others |
| (пассивные) lacking in energy or will; peacefully resistant in response to injustice |
| (запрещения) command against; banish; outlaw |
pecuniary
4
| (распространенной) pervading; spread throughout every part |
| (денежное) relating to money; requiring payment of money |
| (тяжелый) slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull |
| (плагиат) theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original |
peripheral
5
| (отважную) having or showing courage and spirit in trying circumstances |
| (периферической) located in outer boundary; unimportant; auxiliary |
| (пародии) work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
| (кропотливая) extremely careful and diligent work or effort; taking of pains |
petrifaction
6
| (тип) major class of plants; primary branch of animal kingdom; division |
| (окаменение) process of turning some plant material into stone |
| (прозрачная) transparent; limpid; easy to understand |
| (Премьер) first in excellence, quality, or value; at the best stage; peak; first in degree or rank; chief |
phylum
7
| (упредить) appropriate, seize, or take for oneself before others; gain possession of by prior right or opportunity |
| (полный) inoffensive expression of fat; stout |
| (денежное) relating to money; requiring payment of money |
| (тип) major class of plants; primary branch of animal kingdom; division |
plagiarism
8
| (множество) excess; over-fullness in any respect; superabundance |
| (периферической) located in outer boundary; unimportant; auxiliary |
| (плагиат) theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original |
| (распространенной) pervading; spread throughout every part |
plebeian
9
| (выдающийся) outstanding; superior to or notable above all others |
| (плебейской) crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar |
| (ударные) striking one object against another sharply |
| (мещанской) narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain |
plod
10
| (кропотливая) extremely careful and diligent work or effort; taking of pains |
| (прихорашиваться) become formal or affected in dress or manners; give neat appearance to |
| (тащиться) move or walk heavily or laboriously; travel slowly but steadily |
| (зонда) explore with tools; investigate; search |