3500 ACT Vocabulary

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dearth  Speak Example sentences
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(отказаться) distribute; prepare and give out; deal out in parts or portions
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(обесцениваются) lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle
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(нехватка) scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
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(пустынной) unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants
defoliate  Speak Example sentences
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(уничтожать растительность) strip leaves or branches from; cause leaves of plant, tree, or forest to fall off, especially by use of chemicals
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(диффузного) spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely
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(отвлекаться) turn aside, especially from main subject in writing or speaking
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(области) field; territory over which rule or control is exercised; networked computers that share a common address
depravity  Speak Example sentences
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(замешательство) confuse; frustrate by throwing into disorder; embarrass
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(унылый) in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
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(разврат) extreme corruption or degradation; wickedness
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(распадаются) fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
despondent  Speak Example sentences
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(унылый) in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
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(мазня) smear as with paint; apply with quick or crude strokes to surface; make crude paintings
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(разврат) extreme corruption or degradation; wickedness
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(Дент) have a negative effect on; impact something
detriment  Speak Example sentences
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(печальный) sorrowful; filled with or expressing grief; mournful
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(отказаться) distribute; prepare and give out; deal out in parts or portions
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(распадаются) fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
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(ущерб) harm; damage; injury; something that causes damage, harm, or loss
diffuse  Speak Example sentences
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(божество) god; divinity; supernatural things
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(отрывочный) aimless; haphazard; at random; not connected with subject
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(распоряжаться) get rid of; settle or decide a matter; place or set in a particular order; arrange
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(диффузного) spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely
digress  Speak Example sentences
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(унылый) in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
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(печальный) sorrowful; filled with or expressing grief; mournful
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(разграничения) portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out
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(отвлекаться) turn aside, especially from main subject in writing or speaking
discount  Speak Example sentences
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(отрывочный) aimless; haphazard; at random; not connected with subject
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(уничтожать растительность) strip leaves or branches from; cause leaves of plant, tree, or forest to fall off, especially by use of chemicals
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(распространять) hand out; disseminate; allocate
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(скидки) give reduction in price on
discriminating  Speak Example sentences
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(дискриминацию) able to see differences; showing careful judgment or fine taste
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(уничтожать растительность) strip leaves or branches from; cause leaves of plant, tree, or forest to fall off, especially by use of chemicals
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(ослабляют) make weak; enfeeble; impair the strength of
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(области) field; territory over which rule or control is exercised; networked computers that share a common address
disparity  Speak Example sentences
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(Пожертвования) grant; present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute
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(растворения) breaking of union; decomposition into fragments or parts; extinction of life; decay
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(потоп) great flood; heavy downpour; any overflowing of water
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(несоответствие) difference; condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or degree