3500 ACT Vocabulary

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calamity  Speak Example sentences
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hole; cavern; hollow area within the body
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event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; disaster; misery
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capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
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surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
callow  Speak Example sentences
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supplement or appendix, especially to a will
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having the ability required for a specific task
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youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
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punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
capitulate  Speak Example sentences
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capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
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distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
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surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
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having a common center, circles of different size, one within another
categorical  Speak Example sentences
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improve and prepare, as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; promote the growth of
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absolute; having no exception; of using category or categories
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relating to the sky or the heavens; supremely good; god or angel
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having a common center, circles of different size, one within another
cautiously  Speak Example sentences
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improve and prepare, as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; promote the growth of
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gingerly; carefully; in a conservative manner
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element; ingredient; abstract part of something
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in utter disorder; lacking visible order or organization
cavil  Speak Example sentences
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criticise for petty or frivolous reasons; raise trivial objections
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in utter disorder; lacking visible order or organization
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event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; disaster; misery
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distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
celibate  Speak Example sentences
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element; ingredient; abstract part of something
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hollow; curved like inner surface of sphere
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coiled around; highly involved; intricate
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unmarried; abstaining from sexual intercourse
centurion  Speak Example sentences
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officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
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element; ingredient; abstract part of something
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supplement or appendix, especially to a will
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increasing by successive addition
cognitive  Speak Example sentences
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express an opinion; remark
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knowing or perceiving; part of mental functions that deals with logic
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criticise for petty or frivolous reasons; raise trivial objections
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act or react with equal force; ; counteract
combustible  Speak Example sentences
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limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
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capable of igniting and burning; easily aroused or excited
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coiled around; highly involved; intricate
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having a common center, circles of different size, one within another