3500 ACT Vocabulary

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bacchanalian  Speak Example sentences
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become engaged to marry; promise to marry
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having been delayed; done or sent too late
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drunken; relating to reveling and drunkenness
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noisy; act of quarreling or fighting; making the noise of rushing water
barrage  Speak Example sentences
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artificial obstruction; heavy curtain of artillery fire; rapid, concentrated discharge of missiles
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solid and well-developed muscles, especially of the arms and legs
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warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative
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rising like bristles; showing irritation
bate  Speak Example sentences
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noisy; act of quarreling or fighting; making the noise of rushing water
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let down; restrain; lessen force or intensity of; moderate
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move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
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poet, especially lyric poet
beatitude  Speak Example sentences
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kindly; favorable; not malignant
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blessedness; state of extreme happiness
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estimate; a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose
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inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
belligerent  Speak Example sentences
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move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
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rebuke or scold angrily and at length
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produce; give rise to
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inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
benign  Speak Example sentences
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dull, slow-moving, and stolid, like an ox; placid and dull
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mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
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kindly; favorable; not malignant
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drunken; relating to reveling and drunkenness
berate  Speak Example sentences
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treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
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rebuke or scold angrily and at length
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large group; a group of animals or birds, especially larks or quail
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hold or carry in equilibrium
bereft  Speak Example sentences
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move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
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blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
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noisy; act of quarreling or fighting; making the noise of rushing water
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deprived of; lacking; desolate because of loss
bludgeon  Speak Example sentences
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short heavy club, usually of wood; heavy-headed weapon
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dull, slow-moving, and stolid, like an ox; placid and dull
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boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
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abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
brawling  Speak Example sentences
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noisy; act of quarreling or fighting; making the noise of rushing water
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large group; a group of animals or birds, especially larks or quail
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deprived of; lacking; desolate because of loss
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inclined or eager to fight; aggressive