3500 ACT Vocabulary

Stories of USA Today
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abash  Speak Example sentences
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muddle; drive crazy; become confused
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subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
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letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
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embarrass; make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert
abstain  Speak Example sentences
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go away or leave ; missing; not present
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forefather; forebear; forerunner or predecessor
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accustom or become accustomed to a new environment or situation; adapt
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refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
accentuate  Speak Example sentences
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emphasize; stress; pronounce with a stress or accent; mark with an accent
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embarrass; make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert
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go away or leave ; missing; not present
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able to walk; formed or adapted for walking; not stationary
accrue  Speak Example sentences
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brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
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warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
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formal public statement; act of making known publicly
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increase, accumulate, or come about as a result of growth; accumulate over time
addle  Speak Example sentences
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accustom or become accustomed to a new environment or situation; adapt
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muddle; drive crazy; become confused
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letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
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denying existence of God; godless
admonish  Speak Example sentences
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calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
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govern; supervise; give or apply medications
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warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
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inform; give notice to; make aware
adorn  Speak Example sentences
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formal public statement; act of making known publicly
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enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments
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accustom or become accustomed to a new environment or situation; adapt
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emphasize; stress; pronounce with a stress or accent; mark with an accent
adulation  Speak Example sentences
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dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
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enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments
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excessive flattery or admiration; unmerited praise
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give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
adulterate  Speak Example sentences
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make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
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govern; supervise; give or apply medications
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helper, additional or subsidiary
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in a position that is turned toward one side; away from correct course
adumbrate  Speak Example sentences
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forefather; forebear; forerunner or predecessor
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give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
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unsuccessful; failing to accomplish an intended objective; fruitless
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able to walk; formed or adapted for walking; not stationary