3500 ACT Vocabulary

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tedium  Speak Example sentences
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(скука) dullness owing to length or slowness; boredom
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(мучить) tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
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(трагедии) disaster; event resulting in great loss and misfortune
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(укорять) severely criticize; reprimand; reprove sharply
thwart  Speak Example sentences
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(ручные) domesticated; very restrained or quiet; make less strong or intense; soften
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(виртуоз) highly skilled artist, as musician; one who is dazzlingly skilled in his field
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(сорвать) hinder or prevent of ; frustrate
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(беспризорный) homeless person, especially orphaned child; abandoned young animal
tightwad  Speak Example sentences
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(скряга) one who is stingy or overly cautious or defensive with money; miser
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(вездесущие) being or existing everywhere; omnipresent
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(водоразд��ла) crucial dividing point; ridge of high land dividing two areas that are drained by different river systems
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(висцерального) felt in one's inner organs; obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation
tortuous  Speak Example sentences
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(сумбура) turmoil; bewildering jumble; confused mass
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(извилистый) marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; not straightforward; circuitous
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(неприступной) impossible to assail; without flaws or loopholes
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(беспризорный) homeless person, especially orphaned child; abandoned young animal
tutor  Speak Example sentences
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(репетитор) guide; give individual instruction
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(рвением) intense interest; eagerness to accomplish some object
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(простительная) pardonable; able to be forgiven; trivial
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(кривой) turned to one side; twisted; marked by humorous twist, often with a touch of irony
unassailable  Speak Example sentences
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(прощальное) of speech given in farewell, especially one delivered by an outstanding member of graduating class
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(вездесущие) being or existing everywhere; omnipresent
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(трепет) state of alarm or dread; nervous apprehension; involuntary trembling or quivering
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(неприступной) impossible to assail; without flaws or loopholes
venial  Speak Example sentences
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(простительная) pardonable; able to be forgiven; trivial
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(мучить) tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
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(подробно) wordy; using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words
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(тревожные) disquieting; causing distress or worry or anxiety
verbose  Speak Example sentences
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(узурпировать) seize and hold power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
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(простительная) pardonable; able to be forgiven; trivial
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(подробно) wordy; using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words
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(тревожные) disquieting; causing distress or worry or anxiety
vex  Speak Example sentences
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(ручные) domesticated; very restrained or quiet; make less strong or intense; soften
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(рвением) intense interest; eagerness to accomplish some object
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(единодушие) complete agreement in opinion or resolution of all persons concerned
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(досаждать) annoy; disturb, especially by minor irritations; be a mystery or bewildering to
vigor  Speak Example sentences
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(сумбура) turmoil; bewildering jumble; confused mass
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(подчеркивания) draw a mark or line under; emphasize; stress
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(силой) active strength of body or mind; imaginative lively style, especially style of writing; exertion of force
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(ручные) domesticated; very restrained or quiet; make less strong or intense; soften