3500 ACT Vocabulary

Stories of USA Today
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debunk  Speak Example sentences
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weakened, worn out, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use
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expose as false, exaggerated, worthless; ridicule
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mental disorder marked by confusion
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feeling of dissatisfaction
decrepit  Speak Example sentences
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vary; go in different directions from the same point
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weakened, worn out, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use
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fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
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feeling of dissatisfaction
detest  Speak Example sentences
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dead; no longer in use or existence
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process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline; falling off or away; decay
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humiliation; debasement; decline to a lower condition, quality, or level
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dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
differentiate  Speak Example sentences
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dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
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set apart; distinguish; perceive or show difference in or between
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dissatisfied; restlessly unhappy; uneasy in mind
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difference; condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or degree
dilate  Speak Example sentences
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having lost all hope; dangerous; extremely intense
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make wider or larger; cause to expand; enlarge; widen
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unwillingness; lack of inclination; mild aversion
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expressing devotion or piety; earnest in religious field
diminish  Speak Example sentences
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dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so
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deprive of civil right; deprive someone of franchise, generally their right to vote
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humiliation; debasement; decline to a lower condition, quality, or level
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stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid
disappointment  Speak Example sentences
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feeling of dissatisfaction
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sediment settled at bottom of liquid; waste or worthless matter
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conflict; lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things
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distrustful; skeptical; full of doubt; having doubt; not settled in opinion
discord  Speak Example sentences
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dead; no longer in use or existence
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outcome; final resolution or clarification of dramatic or narrative plot
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formal, lengthy discussion of a subject; verbal exchange; conversation
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conflict; lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things
discourse  Speak Example sentences
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formal, lengthy discussion of a subject; verbal exchange; conversation
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condescend to give or grant; esteem worthy; consider worth notice
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twist out of proper or natural relation of parts; misshape; misrepresent
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get rid of; settle or decide a matter; place or set in a particular order; arrange
disintegrate  Speak Example sentences
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outcome; final resolution or clarification of dramatic or narrative plot
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fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
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lack of respect for; disrespectful mental attitude
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hand out; disseminate; allocate