3500 ACT Vocabulary

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rarefied  Speak Example sentences
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(разреженного) made less dense of gas; elevated in character or style; lofty
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(зубчатые) saw-like; having a row of sharp or tooth-like projections
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(просить) ask for humbly or earnestly, as by praying; make humble, earnest petition; beg
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(Скептик) doubter; person who suspends judgment until evidence has been examined
recoil  Speak Example sentences
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(разгрома) put to disorderly flight or retreat; drive out; cause to flee; defeat overwhelmingly
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(залп) release or discharge of bombs or firearms; forceful verbal or written assault
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(ветхих) of very poor quality or condition; loose-jointed; ill-made; out of gear or repair
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(отдачи) drawback, as with fear or pain ; spring back
rectitude  Speak Example sentences
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(спасательных) free from harm or evil; take from legal custody by force
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(стимул) helps something to happen more quickly
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(честность) uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment
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(реагирования) quality of being responsive; reacting quickly
renege  Speak Example sentences
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(отказаться) deny; go back on; fail to fulfill promise or obligation
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(покорить) quiet or bring under control by physical force or persuasion; make less intense; tone down
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(обличит) voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
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(наложить) place over something else; place on top of
repress  Speak Example sentences
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(ограничить) keep or confine within limits
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(подавлять) put down by force or intimidation ; restrain; crush; oppress; conceal or hide
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(последствия) often indirect effect or result that is produced by an event or action; reflection, especially of sound
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(хулиган) bully; lawless and cruel; cruel and brutal person or gangster
reprove  Speak Example sentences
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(острота) clever, witty remark often prompted by occasion
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(обличит) voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
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(залп) release or discharge of bombs or firearms; forceful verbal or written assault
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(удовлетворение) fulfillment or gratification of a desire, need, or appetite; source or means of gratification
salvo  Speak Example sentences
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(стимулятор) drug that temporarily quickens some vital process; acts to arouse action
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(разделения) isolate; separate; divide from the main body
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(Пусть) imagine or admit to exist; assume to be true; believe; receive as true
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(залп) release or discharge of bombs or firearms; forceful verbal or written assault
seclude  Speak Example sentences
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(залп) release or discharge of bombs or firearms; forceful verbal or written assault
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(уединяться) isolate; separate; keep away from others
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(просить) ask for humbly or earnestly, as by praying; make humble, earnest petition; beg
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(серафических) angelic; having sweet nature befitting an angel
serrated  Speak Example sentences
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(обратную) extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to prior conditions
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(резидентов) one who resides in a place permanently or for an extended period; dweller
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(залп) release or discharge of bombs or firearms; forceful verbal or written assault
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(зубчатые) saw-like; having a row of sharp or tooth-like projections
skeptic  Speak Example sentences
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(хулиган) bully; lawless and cruel; cruel and brutal person or gangster
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(Скептик) doubter; person who suspends judgment until evidence has been examined
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(серафических) angelic; having sweet nature befitting an angel
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(пристальное) absorbed; deeply moved or delighted