3500 ACT Vocabulary

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banal  Speak Example sentences
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hairless; lacking a natural or usual covering
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inclination of head, or bending of body for reverence, respect, civility, or submission; bending or rounded part of ship forward
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obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
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haircutter; one whose business is to cut hair and to shave or trim beards
bawdy  Speak Example sentences
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give as gift; present
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hairless; lacking a natural or usual covering
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jolt; rebound after having struck an object or a surface
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indecent; obscene; humorously coarse
beard  Speak Example sentences
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haircutter; one whose business is to cut hair and to shave or trim beards
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hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals
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indecent; obscene; humorously coarse
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fight; noisy quarrel or fight; loud party
beatific  Speak Example sentences
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edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
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completely happy and contented; showing or producing exalted joy
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dividing line; border; frontier
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surround with armed forces; harass with requests
belabor  Speak Example sentences
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discuss repeatedly; attack verbally; work hard upon
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easily broken; having little elasticity
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lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
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obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
bewilder  Speak Example sentences
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besiege or attack; harass; surround with troops
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signal or summon, as by nodding or waving; attract because of inviting or enticing appearance
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lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
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surround with armed forces; harass with requests
bland  Speak Example sentences
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lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
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rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
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discuss repeatedly; attack verbally; work hard upon
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direct, quick route; direct, straight course
boundary  Speak Example sentences
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dividing line; border; frontier
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rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
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fight; noisy quarrel or fight; loud party
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noisy; act of quarreling or fighting; making the noise of rushing water
breakup  Speak Example sentences
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discuss repeatedly; attack verbally; work hard upon
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cook by direct exposure to heat over fire; subject to great heat; be subjected to the action of heat; be greatly heated
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divorce; separation; loss of control or composure
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hairless; lacking a natural or usual covering
bristly  Speak Example sentences
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abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
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flag; sign; a newspaper headline that runs across the full page
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hairless; lacking a natural or usual covering
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having or covered with protective barbs or others; very irritable